Ballintoy

Ballintoy
Ballintoy harbour
Ballintoy is located in Northern Ireland
Ballintoy
Ballintoy
Location within Northern Ireland
Population150 (2011 census)
District
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBALLYCASTLE
BUSHMILLS
Postcode districtBT54
BT57
Dialling code028
UK Parliament
NI Assembly
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland
Antrim
55°14′N 6°21′W / 55.233°N 6.350°W / 55.233; -6.350

Ballintoy (from Irish Baile an Tuaigh 'the northern townland') is a small village, townland (of 274 acres)[1] and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is alongside the B15 coast road, 28 km (17 mi) north-east of Coleraine, 8 km (5.0 mi) west of Ballycastle and between it and Bushmills. It is in the historic barony of Cary.[1] The village lies about one kilometre from Ballintoy Harbour, a small fishing harbour at the end of a very small, narrow, steep road down Knocksaughey hill which passes by the entrance to Larrybane and Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge. The harbour is host to a dawn service on Easter Sunday each year.

  1. ^ a b "Ballintoy". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 14 April 2015.