Ballintogher

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Ballintogher

Elevation65 m

Coordinates54.20°, -8.37°

Demographic figures from Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Ballintogher 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.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Marian Harkin

Irish politician

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J. J. Clancy

Irish politician (1890-1932)

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John Benson

Irish architect

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Kevin Coen

Irish Republican

Martin Savage

Irish Republican Army member

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Mary Colum

Irish writer and literary critic

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William Higgins

Irish chemist (1763–1825)

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Robert Young Armstrong

British Army officer

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Anna Kelly

Irish journalist (1891-1958)

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Philip Rooney

Irish writer

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Johnny Kenny

Irish footballer

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James Higgins

Irish Catholic missionary (1924-2016)

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Hilary Bowen-Walsh

Irish actor, director and writer

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Kathleen Dwyer Morris

Irish fiddler

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Vincent Harrison

Irish fiddler

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Sligo

• Ballygawley
  3.3 mi away
• Riverstown
  5 mi away
• Ballysadare
  5.9 mi away
• Sligo
  6.7 mi away · pop. 20,608
• Ballynacarrow
  9.2 mi away
• Ballymote
  9.8 mi away
• Coolaney
  9.8 mi away
• Kesh
  10.8 mi away
• Ballinafad
  12 mi away
• Munninane
  13.6 mi away
• Bunnanaddan
  14.1 mi away
• Grange
  14.7 mi away

Browse all places in Sligo →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Small Tortoiseshell

Aglais urticae

Seen 2026-09-20

Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Seen 2026-09-20

Common Darter

Sympetrum striolatum

Seen 2026-09-20

Black Bryony

Dioscorea communis

Seen 2026-09-19

Feral Pigeon

Columba livia domestica

Seen 2026-09-19

Mute Swan

Cygnus olor

Seen 2026-09-19

Butterfly bush

Buddleja davidii

Seen 2026-09-19

Japanese knotweed

Reynoutria japonica

Seen 2026-09-17

Long-tailed Tit

Aegithalos caudatus

Seen 2026-09-16

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).