Ballygalley

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Ballygalley (sometimes spelt Ballygally) (Irish: Baile Geithligh, meaning Geithleach's townland) is a village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland which lies on the Antrim coast, approximately 3 miles north of Larne. It had a population of 714 in the 2001 Census.

Contents 1 Places of interest 2 Demographics 3 Biology 4 External links 5 References 6 See also

[edit] Places of interest

Notable features include a sandy beach and the distinct headland of Ballgalley Head.

It is also home to Ballygally Castle, reputed to be the oldest occupied building in Ireland and with a reputation for being haunted. It sits in the middle of the village and is currently used as a hotel. It was built around 1625 for James Shaw of Greenock and is one of Ireland’s best-preserved Scottish baronial style plantation houses.

[edit] Demographics

Ballygalley is classified as a small village or hamlet by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (ie with a population between 500 and 1,000 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 714 people living in Ballygalley. Of these:

• 21.6% were aged under 16 and 22.1% were aged 60 and over
• 49.0% of the population were male and 51.0% were female;
• 27.9% were from a Catholic background and 70.5% were from a Protestant background
• 2.3% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed.

For more details see: NI Neighbourhood Information Service

[edit] Biology

Ballygalley Head was (in 1983) the only recorded location of Gelidiella calcicola from Northern Ireland.^[1]

[edit] External links

• Culture Northern Ireland

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• List of villages in Northern Ireland
• List of towns in Northern Ireland