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County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim, from Irish Aontroim, meaning 'lone ridge') [6] is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, located within the historic province of Ulster. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh , the county covers an area of 3,086 square kilometres (1,192 sq mi) and has a population of 651,321, [ 7 ...
Each county would have an associated county town, with county courts of quarter sessions and assizes. [6] The area of the modern counties of Antrim and Down was the Earldom of Ulster based on John de Courcy's 1170s conquest of Gaelic Ulaid. [7]
This is a list of cities, towns, villages and hamlets in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. See the List of places in Northern Ireland for places in other counties.
Antrim (Irish: Aontroim [ˈeːnˠt̪ˠɾˠɪmʲ] ⓘ, meaning 'lone ridge') [4] is a town and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies on the banks of the Six Mile Water on the north-east shore of Lough Neagh. It had a population of 25,606 people in the 2021 census. [5]
The following is a list of townlands in County Antrim, Northern Ireland: [1] [2 A ...
The Giant's Causeway (Irish: Clochán an Aifir) [1] is an area of approximately 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption. [3] [4] It is located in County Antrim on the north coast of Northern Ireland, about three miles (4.8 km) northeast of the town of Bushmills.
A map of Ulster from c. 1600, showing the Route and "McWilly [sic] his countrey" The territory of the Route was originally part of Twescard, [3] a county of the Earldom of Ulster that at its height stretched from the Glens of Antrim to Inishowen.
Buildings and structures in County Antrim (14 C, 31 P) C. Civil parishes of County Antrim (25 C, 25 P) L. Landforms of County Antrim (6 C, 8 P) P.