Ballygalley

Ballygalley

Ballygalley (sometimes spelt Ballygally) (lga|Baile Geithligh|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.

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.

Demographics

Ballygalley is classified as a small village or hamlet by the [http://www.nisra.gov.uk/ 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: [http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/ NI Neighbourhood Information Service]

Biology

Ballygalley Head was (in 1983) the only recorded location of "Gelidiella" "calcicola" from Northern Ireland. [Maggs, C.A. and Guiry,M.D. 1987. "Gelidiella" "calcicola" sp. nov. (Rhodophyta) from the British Isles and Northern France." Br. phycol. J." 22: 417 - 434. (Ref. Maggs, C.A. and Guiry,M.D. 1987)]

External links

* [http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/town_Home.aspx?co=16&to=316&ca=0&sca=0&navID=1 Culture Northern Ireland]

References

See also

*List of villages in Northern Ireland
*List of towns in Northern Ireland


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