Baile an tSratha

Ballintra, meaning 'homestead of the holm' or 'low-lying land by the river', takes its name from its position on the northern bank of the Blackwater River (Ballintra River). The townland encompasses 14.19 hectares in the civil parish of Drumhome, barony of Tirhugh. The settlement demonstrates evidence of ancient habitation through ringforts and a megalithic wedge tomb, indicating both early me...