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Ballymoney
Baile Monaidh
Location
Location of Ballymoney
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Statistics
Province: Ulster
County: County Antrim
District: Ballymoney Borough Council
UK Parliament: North Antrim
European Parliament: Northern Ireland
Dialling code: 028, +44 28
Post town: Ballymoney
Postal district(s): BT53
Population (2001) 9,021

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The town hosts the Ballymoney Drama Festival, the oldest drama festival in Ireland, which was founded in 1933. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Ballymoney has expanded in recent years and a lot of new houses have been built. This is primarily as a result of high house prices in the Coleraine/Portstewart/Portrush 'Triangle' areas shifting first-time buyers to the less expensive Ballymoney area. Coleraine ( is a large Town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland near to the mouth of the River Bann. Portstewart ( Irish: Port na Binne Uaine or Port Stíobhaird) is a Town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland and had Portrush ( is a Seaside resort Town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, on the County Londonderry border 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. Coleraine ( is a large Town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland near to the mouth of the River Bann. Ballymena ( is a Town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland and the seat of Ballymena Borough Council. Belfast ( is the capital city of Northern Ireland and the seat of government in Northern Ireland.

The Ballymoney area has the highest life expectancy of any area in Northern Ireland, with the average male life expectancy at birth being 78. Life expectancy is the average number of years of life remaining at a given age 0 years and 82. 6 years for females. [1]

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Politics

The Council is dominated by the Democratic Unionist Party. The Democratic Unionist Party ( DUP) is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Sinn Féin is the second largest party with the Ulster Unionist Party, SDLP and an independent making up the rest. Sinn Féin () is a political party in Ireland. The current party led by Gerry Adams was formed following a split in January 1970 The Ulster Unionist Party ( UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP or in a historic sense simply the Unionist Party The Social Democratic and Labour Party ( SDLP; Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre is one of the two major nationalist parties in Northern Ireland

History

The Troubles

For more information see The Troubles in Ballymoney, which includes a list of incidents in Ballymoney during the Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities. The Northern Irish Troubles resulted in 14 deaths in or near the County Antrim town of Ballymoney.

Demographics

Ballymoney is classified as a Small Town by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (ie with population between 4,500 and 10,000 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 9,021 people living in Ballymoney. Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Of these:

For more details see: Northern Ireland Neighbourhood Information Service[2]

Buildings of note

Ballymoney is one of the oldest towns in Ireland with many buildings of historic note in the town centre. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world

People

Education

Sport

Transport

Industry

Town twinning

References

  1. ^ Chartered Society of Physiotherapists (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet file).
  2. ^ Northern Ireland Neighbourhood Information Service website.
  3. ^ Ballymoney. Maine Soft Drinks Ltd is a company based in Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, which sells soft drinks cordials and aerated waters Benbrook is a city located in the southwestern corner of Tarrant County Texas, in Texas's 12th congressional district. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved on 2007-08-27. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan
  4. ^ Baker, Michael HC (1999). Irish Narrow Gauge Railways. A View from the Past. Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-2680-7.  

See also

External links

This is a list page for Towns in Northern Ireland. In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, a town is any settlement which has received a charter This is a list page for Villages in Northern Ireland. The NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA defines a town as having a population of 4500 or more Market Houses are a notable feature of many Northern Ireland towns with varying styles of architecture size and ornamentation making for a most interesting feature of the streetscape
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