Ballincar (Irish: Baile an Chartha)[2] is a small village and townland in County Sligo, Ireland. The townland is in the civil parish of Drumcliff, and has an area of approximately 1.6 square kilometres (0.62 sq mi).[3] It is a largely linear coastal settlement which overlooks Sligo Bay and lies on the R291 regional road between Sligo town and Rosses Point.[4] As of the 2016 census, the census town of Ballincar had a population of 424 people.[5]
Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ringfort, barrow and midden sites.[6] The ruin of a semi-fortified house, recorded in the Record of Monuments and Places as a "plantation casle" and previously associated with the Griffith family, is also in Ballincar townland.[7][6]
Ballincar is located close to Sligo town, and the Radisson Blu Hotel Sligo is located in the townland.[4] According to Sligo County Council's 2017 development plan, there were "no community facilities in the village" with services "provided in neighbouring settlements" including Rosses Point and Sligo.[4]
References
- ^ "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Ballincar". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ "Baile an Chartha / Ballincar". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ "Ballincar Townland, Co. Sligo". townlands.ie. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ a b c "County Development Plan 2017-2023 – Consolidated Draft + Adopted Amendments – August 2017 – Volume 2, Chapter 5 – Ballincar Mini-Plan" (PDF). sligococo.ie. Sligo County Council. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ "Ballincar (Ireland) Census Town". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Record of Monuments and Places as Established Under Section 12 of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994 - County Sligo" (PDF). National Monuments and Historic Properties Service. 1995. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ "Estate: Griffith (Sligo)". landedestates.nuigalway.ie. NUI Galway. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
