Social History
The people of Ballintra and the parish of Drumholm belong mainly to three religious denominations - Methodist, Church of Ireland, and Roman Catholic. The first of these are a minority and the later to make up the remainder in almost equal parts. The village itself is probably now majority Roman Catholic. There has always been very good relations between the everyone in the community. All make use of the Community Centre.
In the 1970s Donegal County Council built a small number of social housing units just off the Main Street on the Forge Road. A number of phases followed in which an additional twenty houses were added. A further change was the bypass of the village in the early 1980s.
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