Islandmagee

Islandmagee Irish: Oileán Mhic Aodha
Cottages near Browns Bay, Islandmagee, in 2006
Islandmagee Location within Northern Ireland
• Belfast	18 mi (29 km)
District	Mid and East Antrim
County	County Antrim
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LARNE
Postcode district	BT40
Dialling code	028
UK Parliament	East Antrim
NI Assembly	East Antrim
List of places UK Northern Ireland Antrim 54°47′47″N 5°42′11″W / 54.79643°N 5.70304°W / 54.79643; -5.70304

Islandmagee (from Irish Oileán Mhic Aodha, meaning 'Magee’s island/peninsula')^[1] is a peninsula and civil parish on the east coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland, located between the towns of Larne and Whitehead. It is part of the Mid and East Antrim Borough Council area and is a sparsely populated rural community with a long history since the mesolithic period. The population is approximately 2,500 (excluding the village of Whitehead).^{[citation needed]} In the early medieval period it was known as Semne, a petty-kingdom within Ulaid.

It is the site of Northern Ireland's main power station Ballylumford and the endpoint of the Scotland-Northern Ireland gas pipeline.