Baltray (historically Ballytra, from Irish: Baile Trá, meaning 'town of the beach')[2] is a village and townland in County Louth, Ireland.

[4] Bus Éireann route 168 serves Baltray several times a day linking it to Drogheda, Duleek, Ashbourne, Termonfeckin and Clogherhead.

Baltray is home to the Little Tern Conservation Project which is run by Louth Nature Trust.

[7] The project began in 2007 and runs each year from May to August when part of the beach at the Haven is fenced to protect nesting Little Terns.

These birds are an Annex 1 species under the EU Birds Directive (79/409/EEC), thus EU member states are required to take special conservation measures to ensure that little terns remain at a favourable conservation status.