Ballygally Castle

Coast Road, Ballygally, BT40 2QZ Larne

GBP 60 - 115

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Built in 1625, Ballygally Castle boasts original features and scenic views of Ballygally Bay. Set on the Antrim Coast, there is free parking, spacious… More

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Larne: Guide

Larne (2001 Census. It has been used as a seaport for over 1000 years, and is now mostly used by freight. Larne is twinned with Clover, South Carolina.

Larne contains the headquarters of Larne Borough Council. Together with the neighbouring district of Carrickfergus and part of Newtownabbey, it forms the East Antrim (constituency)|East Antrim constituency for elections to the Westminster Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly.

History

During the Boston. Boston's long standing Irish roots can be traced to Larne, i.e. Notre Dame's 'Fighting Irish' nickname. As with Western and Southern Ireland, Larne, unlike some ares of North East(Antrim, Down, Louth and North Dublin) and Eastern Ireland (South Dublin, Wicklow) was hugely affected by the Irish Famine of the mid 19th century.

Transport

Ferries sail from the harbour to destinations including Cairnryan and Troon in Scotland, and Fleetwood in England.

Larne is connected to Belfast by the A8 road (Northern Ireland)|A8 roads in Ireland|road. The A2 road (Northern Ireland)|A2 road or 'Antrim coast road' which runs along the Antrim coast, and passes through the scenic Glens of Antrim, also serves the town. South of the town the A2 passes the side of Larne Lough, via Glynn, Magheramorne, and Ballycarry, to Whitehead and Carrickfergus. The A36 road (Northern Ireland)|A36 road runs from the town to Ballymena.

A railway route to Belfast, via Whitehead and Carrickfergus, also connects Larne to the Northern Ireland Railways rail transport in Ireland|network. Currently there is no freight transport by rail in Northern Ireland.

People

Author and poet Amanda M’Kittrick Ros, who has been described by critics as "The world's worst author", taught at Millbrook National School, Larne in the 1880s.
Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace footballer Michael Hughes, DJ Fergie (DJ)|Fergie and The X-Factor|X-Factor and stars Keith Semple (who was a member of One True Voice) and Phillip Magee have all put the town on the map in recent years.
Hugh Nelson (Canadian politician)|Hugh Nelson (1830-1893) was a Canada|Canadian parliamentarian and List of British Columbia lieutenant-governors|Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia. He was born in Larne, the son of Robert Nelson and Frances Quinn, and emigrated to California in 1854 and then to British Columbia in 1858.
Henry McNeill who was the Pioneer of tourism in Ireland had his hotel in Larne (McNeill's Hotel). He also owned Garron Tower (Which he made into a hotel - now it is a school) The hotel has now been demolished as with all other old buildings in Larne, and now is a retirement community.

Sport

Larne F.C.
East Antrim Boat Club

Industry

InspecVision Ltd., Industrial Inspection Equipment

2001 Census

Larne is classified as a Large Town by the (ie with population between 18,000 and 75,000 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 18,228 people living in Larne. Of these:
20.9% were aged under 16 years and 21.2% were aged 60 and over
48.2% of the population were male and 51.8% were female
26.2% were from a Catholic background and 70.7% were from a Protestantism|Protestant background
4.3% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed.

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