placenamesBallindarragh
Baile na Dara
Ballindarragh’s documented history includes the closure of its small school and botanical fieldwork at the nearby Colebrooke crossing.
The name
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 Dara · Irish · main form · validated name
- Ballindarragh · English · main form
Place & story
The village school closes
Ballindarragh Primary School closed in 1965. The history published by Moat Primary School in Lisnaskea records that its pupils transferred there. This dated transfer marks a change in where local children received their education and links the former small school with the larger town school. [2]
Botanical records at the nearby bridge
Ballindarragh Bridge carries the locality’s name at the Colebrooke River northeast of the settlement. The Fermanagh flora records a hybrid polypody fern collected there between 1988 and 1990. The identification was checked by botanist Paul Hackney, with voucher specimens retained in a herbarium. This precise field record adds a natural-history connection to the nearby river crossing. [3] [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Fermanagh
- Barony
- Magherastephana
- Civil parish
- Aghalurcher
- Coordinates
- 54.26275, -7.50887 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 130603 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballindarragh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- School history: Ballindarragh pupils transfer in 1965 · Moat Primary School, Lisnaskea
- Polypodium vulgare × P. interjectum: Fermanagh occurrence · Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, Flora of County Fermanagh
- Gazetteer: Ballindarragh Bridge · Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, Flora of County Fermanagh
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2010-04-19. How this page was prepared.