In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Ballinafad like this:
BALLINAFAD, a village, in the parish of AUGHANAGH, barony of TIRAGHRILL, county of SLIGO, and province of CONNAUGHT, 2 ½ miles (N. N. W.) from Boyle, on the road to Sligo; containing 20 houses and 140 inhabitants. A fair is held on the 29th of August; and here is a station of the constabulary police.See AUGHANAGH.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ballinafad, in and County Sligo | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/29557
Date accessed: 18th October 2024
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