Baile an Droichid

Ballindrait, known in Irish as Baile an Droichid ('the townland of the bridge'), is a settlement in County Donegal's Raphoe North barony, within the Clonleigh civil parish. The name combines baile (townland) and droichid (of the bridge), drawn from Irish topographical nomenclature. The earliest recorded reference to Ballindrait appears in the Civil Survey of 1654, which records 'Ballendrait' a...