Ballintogher

Ballintogher (Irish: Baile an Tóchair)^[2] 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.^[3]

Ballintogher Baile an Tóchair
Village
R290 road at Ballintogher
Ballintogher Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 54.201°N 8.365°W / 54.201; -8.365
Country	Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	County Sligo
Elevation	65 m (213 ft)
Population  (2016)[1]	331
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference	G760280

Ballintogher was located near the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway, which was begun in the 1870s and closed in 1957.^[3] The village had a population of 331 people as of the 2016 census.^[1]