Ballincar
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Ballincar
Baile an Chartha | |
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Village | |
 The R291 regional road passes through Ballincar | |
  Ballincar Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 54°17′53″N 8°30′00″W / 54.298°N 8.5°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Sligo |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
• Total | 423 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | G674389 |
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 2022 census, the census town of Ballincar had a population of 423 people, practically unchanged since 2016.[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]
