Ballyhackamore

Ballyhackamore
  • Irish: Baile an Chacamair
Ballyhackamore is located in County Down
Ballyhackamore
Ballyhackamore
Location within County Down
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CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBelfast
Postcode districtBT4 and BT5
Dialling code028
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54°35′42″N 5°52′05″W / 54.595°N 5.868°W / 54.595; -5.868

Ballyhackamore (Irish: Baile an Chacamair, meaning 'townland of the slob land or mud flat')[1] is a townland in County Down, Northern Ireland, it is a suburb of Belfast located on the Upper Newtownards Road. It is also a ward in the UK Parliamentary constituency of East Belfast.

The Sunday Times named Ballyhackamore the Brunch Capital of Belfast in a 2018 article on the Best Places to live in Britain. The neighbourhood (often called 'Ballyhack' for short[2]) is the location of several restaurants and cafés as well as a range of local and national shops.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Place Names NI - Home". www.placenamesni.org.
  2. ^ Meredith, Fionola. "How a touch of cafe culture has helped make Ballyhackamore one to watch in the upcoming election". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Five Northern Ireland Locations Named Among the Sunday Times Best Places to Live 2018". lovebelfast.co.uk. 16 March 2018.
  4. ^ "The best place to live in the UK in 2018". theweek.co.uk.