BALLINTRA, a village, in the parish of DRUMHOLM,
barony of TYRHUGH, county of DONEGAL, and
province of ULSTER, 4½ miles (N. N. E.) from Ballyshannon;
containing 439 inhabitants. This village,
which is situated on the road from Ballyshannon to
Donegal, and at an equal distance from both those
towns, consists of one street containing about 90 houses,
and has a daily penny post to Donegal and Ballyshannon.
Within a mile is Brown Hall, the seat of the
Rev. Edward Hamilton, a handsome mansion in a beautifully
picturesque demesne, through the groves of
which winds a river that in some parts rushes down
thickly wooded precipices, and within view of the house
is a small lake. This scenery, which is called the Pullins,
is strongly contrasted with the dreary tracts of country
that surround it, especially on the south and east.
Fairs are held on the 1st of February, March 25th,
May 20th, June 24th, Aug. 1st, Oct. 3rd, and Nov. 30th,
for general farming stock. This is a station of the constabulary
police; petty sessions are held on alternate
Mondays: and in the village are situated the parish
church, a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists, and
a dispensary. See DRUMHOLM.