Ballintogher is a village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 in County Sligo, Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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. It is located approximately 8 kilometers southeast of the county town of Sligo

Sligo

Sligo is the county town of County Sligo in Ireland. The town is a borough and has a charter and a town mayor. It is sometimes referred to as a city, and sometimes as a town, and is the second largest urban area in Connacht...

 on the R290 road between Ballygawley

Ballygawley, County Sligo

Ballygawley is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. It is located close to Union Wood, approximately south of Sligo town near to main Sligo-Dublin road, the N4.-Sport:...

 to the west and Dromahair

Dromahair

Dromahair is a small village in County Leitrim, Ireland. Dromahair is 10 km from Manorhamilton and 17 km from Sligo town.-Geography:Dromahair lies in the hilly north west of Leitrim amid some stunning unspoiled natural landscapes...

 in County Leitrim

County Leitrim

County Leitrim is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the village of Leitrim. Leitrim County Council is the local authority for the county...

 to the east. Known as "The Town of the Causeway", Ballintogher is situated near Lough Gill

Lough Gill

Lough Gill is a freshwater lough mainly situated in County Sligo, but partly in County Leitrim, in Ireland. It is about 8 km or 5 miles long and 2 km or 1 mile wide, and drains into the River Garavogue near Sligo Town. The picturesque lake is surrounded by wooded hills and is popular with...

, and is the nearest village to the "Lake Isle of Innisfree

Lake Isle of Innisfree

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" made famous by the poet W. B. Yeats.

Ballintogher was located near the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway

Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway

The Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway was an Irish gauge railway in counties Cavan, Fermanagh, Leitrim and Sligo in north-west Ireland.-History:...

, which was begun in the 1870s and closed in 1957.