Country Ireland Time zone WET (UTC+0) Elevation 65 m Local time Wednesday 1:39 AM | County County Sligo Irish Grid Reference G760280 Population 313 (2011) Province Connacht | |
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Ballintogher (Irish: Baile an Tóchair) is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. It is located approximately 8 kilometers southeast of the county town of Sligo on the R290 road between Ballygawley to the west and Dromahair in County Leitrim to the north-east. Known as "The Town of the Causeway", Ballintogher is situated near Lough Gill, and the "Lake Isle of Innisfree" made famous by the poet W. B. Yeats.
Map of Ballintogher, Co. Sligo, Ireland
Ballintogher was located near the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway, which was begun in the 1870s and closed in 1957.
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