These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
Baile na Cora· Irish · main form · validated name
Ballynacarrow· English · main form
Ballinacarrow· English · main form · local name
Place & story
A village at a road junction
Ballynacarrow, generally written Ballinacarrow in local sources, developed where the Coolaney road meets the Sligo–Galway route. The council's village plan identifies the continuous buildings along the northern side of the main road as evidence of that growth. Its elongated form reflects the importance of the junction, with the school, community facilities and parish church serving both the settlement and the surrounding countryside.[2]
From the 1887 school to Saint Lassara’s
The old school, built in 1887, became the community centre after a new school was erected beside it in 1951–52. Saint Lassara's history recalls Seán Devaney and Mae O'Donnell moving between the buildings and teaching through Irish. An amalgamation in 1971 brought pupils from Lisaneena and additional teachers, requiring more accommodation. The two neighbouring school sites preserve successive stages of education in the village.[3]
The school band
Saint Lassara's dates its school band to 1975. Its account describes younger children taking part with pom-poms and older pupils playing instruments, supported by the parents' association. Participation in Sligo's Saint Patrick's Day parade connected this village institution with a wider public celebration.[3]
Both counts use the 2016 settlement boundary, allowing like-for-like comparison. CSO supplies the 2022 count on this older boundary for comparison only. The official 2022 Built Up Area has different boundaries.
View population figures
Ballinacarrow — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
These figures use different area definitions. Read the boundary note before comparing them.
Ballinacarrow, Sligo
Published census settlement populations
202people · 2016
Settlement boundaries changed during this period. Differences may reflect boundary changes as well as population change. Where a 2011 legal-town-and-environs count is shown, it has not been recalculated onto the 2016 settlement boundary.
Church of St Fechin and St Lassara, Ballynacarrow, County Sligo illustration: based on a County Sligo - Church of St Fechin and St Lassara by Djedi Guy. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.
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