Ballindrait () is a

townland A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic orig ...

, village and

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County Donegal County Donegal ( ; ga, Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster and in the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Donegal in the south of the county. It has also been known as County Tyrconn ...

, Ireland. Located near

Lifford Lifford (, historically anglicised as ''Liffer'') is the county town of County Donegal, Ireland, the administrative centre of the county and the seat of Donegal County Council, although the town of Letterkenny is often mistaken as holding thi ...

, the village and townland of Ballindrait is in the

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of Clonleigh and the barony of

Raphoe North Raphoe North (; ), or North Raphoe, is a barony in County Donegal, Republic of Ireland. Baronies were mainly cadastral rather than administrative units. They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being ...

. The

Burn Dale The Burn Dale ( Irish: ''An Daoil'', meaning 'the Black One' Patrick McKay, ''A Dictionary of Ulster Place-Names'', p. 54. The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, 1999.) is a burn or small river in the east of ...

flows through the centre of Ballindrait. Ballindrait (''Baile an Droichid'') was designated as a

by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) for the first time in the 2016 census, at which time it had a population of 170 people. The former Ballindrait railway station served the area from 1909 until 1960, and was on the Strabane and Letterkenny Railway line. The R264 regional road passes through Ballindrait village, where it crosses the

on Ballindrait Bridge (originally built ). The Presbyterian church (within the village) was built . St. Patrick's Church, usually known locally as Murlog Chapel, the local

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church (located outside the village in Murlough townland), was built in the 1960s to replace an earlier mid-19th century church. Also in Murlough townland is Ballindrait Windmill (built ).

References

{{reflist Towns and villages in County Donegal Townlands of County Donegal