Martinstown, County Antrim

Coordinates: 54°57′50″N 6°13′30″W / 54.964°N 6.225°W / 54.964; -6.225 Martinstown is a small village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is situated in Glenravel, locally known as "The Tenth Glen",^{[citation needed]} alongside the widely known nine Glens of Antrim. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 285 people. It is within Borough of Ballymena.

The village has many amenities, including a supermarket, primary school, post-office, off-licence and pub (The Glensway).

Transport

• Knockanally railway station (now Martinstown) opened on 5 April 1886, closed for passenger traffic on 1 October 1930 and finally closed altogether on 12 April 1937^[1]. It was on the Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway which operated narrow gauge railway services from Ballymena to Parkmore from 1875 to 1940.^[2]

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See also

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

References

1. ^ "Knockanally station". Railscot - Irish Railways. http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf. Retrieved 2007-10-28. 
2. ^ Baker, Michael HC (1999). Irish Narrow Gauge Railways. A View from the Past. Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-2680-7. 

• NI Neighbourhood Information System