- Buckna
Infobox Irish Place
name = Buckna
gaeilge = Bochnach
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motto =
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pin coords = left: 145px; top: 47px
north coord = 54.899 | west coord = 6.116
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province =Ulster
county =County Antrim
NI district = Ballymena Borough
UK constituency = North Antrim
EU constituency = Northern Ireland
stdcode = 028, +44 28.
posttown = BALLYMENA
postcode = BT42 4
population =
census yr = | web =
|Buckna (Irish: "Bochnach" meaning 'hilly, abounding in knolls') is a hamlet situated four miles east of
Broughshane inCounty Antrim ,Northern Ireland ; and area known the 'heart of the Braid Valley'. It is close to many other smallhamlets , such as the The Sheddings and Aughafatten. It lies at the foot ofSlemish mountain. [http://www.british-towns.net/ni/level_4_display.asp?GetL3=13532] . The town is predominately protestant.References
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Broughshane
*Ballymena Borough Council
*Slemish MountainExternal links
* [http://www.buckna.org/ Buckna Presbyterian Church]
* [http://www.ballymena.gov.uk/ Ballymena Borough Council]
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