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Ballymena is described by some observers as being at the heart of Northern Ireland's equivalent of the Bible Belt. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] It has a Protestant majority. In the early 1990s the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)-dominated town council banned a performance by the ELO Part II in the township, saying they would attract "the four Ds Drink, Drugs ...
Ballymena is a former local government district with borough status in Northern Ireland. It was one of twenty-six districts created on 1 October 1973 and covered the town of Ballymena and the surrounding area which includes small towns including Broughshane , Cullybackey , Galgorm, Ahoghill and Portglenone .
Ballymoney is located on the main road between Coleraine and Ballymena, with good road and rail connections to the main cities in Northern Ireland, Belfast and Derry. The Ballymoney area has the highest life expectancy of any area in Northern Ireland, with the average male life expectancy at birth being 79.9 years and 83.8 years for females in ...
Kells is a village near Ballymena in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The village of Connor lies close by, and the two are often spoken of collectively. Kells and Connor had a population of 2,053 people (808 households) in the 2011 Census. [1] The villages are in the civil parish of Connor. [2]
Most people who live in Ballykeel are from a Protestant background. Every year on the night before the 12th of July , large bonfires are lit in Ballykeel 1 and Ballykeel 2 by loyalists . At this time of year, red, white and blue bunting, Union Flags , Ulster Banners and flags of the UDA/UFF and the UVF are flown from homes or on lampposts, as ...
Google also has updated its maps. Apple did not reply to a request for comment on whether it would honor the change and had not swapped in the new name by 5 p.m. Monday.
Clogh, also spelt as Clough (from Irish An Chloch 'the stone' ⓘ), is a small village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, 9 miles from Ballymena. It is situated within the Glenravel ward of the Braid electoral area of Mid and East Antrim District Council. It had a population of 220 people (90 households) in the 2011 Census.
Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137. Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687