Ballycarry

Ballycarry

Infobox Irish Place
name = Ballycarry
gaeilge = Baile Caraidh
scots = Braid Islann
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pin coords = left: 167px; top: 60px
north coord = 54.463 | west coord = 5.450
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province = Ulster
county = County Antrim
NI district = Larne Borough
population = 981
census yr = 2001
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Ballycarry (Irish: "Baile Caraidh", Ulster Scots: "Braid Islann") is a village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is situated midway between Larne and Carrickfergus overlooking Islandmagee. It is within the Larne Borough Council area. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 981 people.

The town is home to Ballycarry Presbyterian Church. Founded in 1613, Ballycarry is the oldest congregation in the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. The present church building dates from 1830. Ballycarry Community Association organises the Broadisland Gathering community festival held each year and last in September 2005.

People

*James Orr, known as the Bard of Ballycarry, was the foremost of the Ulster Weaver Poets, and was writing contemporaneously with Robert Burns. He was one of many Ulster Presbyterians who fled to America after taking part in the ill-fated United Irish Rising in 1798. He returned to Ballycarry under an amnesty and died in the village in 1816. An imposing monument to Orr, erected by local Freemasons in 1831, is sited in the adjacent Templecorran cemetery.
*The late Michelin Star chef Robbie Millar was from Ballycarry.

Education

Ballycarry Primary School

Transport

Ballycarry railway station was opened on 1 October 1862. [cite web | title= Ballycarry| work=Railscot - Irish Railways| url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | accessdate=2007-08-27|format=PDF]

2001 Census

Ballycarry is classified as a Small Village or Hamlet by the [http://www.nisra.gov.uk/ NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA)] (ie with population between 500 and 1,000 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 981 people living in Ballycarry. Of these:
*23.1% were aged under 16 years and 15.1% were aged 60 and over
*50.2% of the population were male and 49.9% were female
*2.9% were from a Catholic background and 92.3% were from a Protestant background
*3.8% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed

For more details see: [http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/ NI Neighbourhood Information Service]

References

* [http://www.ballycarrypresbyterian.co.uk/main.html Ballycarry Presbyterian Church]
* [http://www.larne.gov.uk Larne Borough Council]
* [http://www.ulsterscotsagency.com/JamesOrr.asp Article on James Orr]
* [http://www.irish-freemasons.org Irish Freemasons]

External links

* [http://www.ballycarrycommunity.co.uk/ Ballycarry Community Association]
* [http://www.ulsterscotsagency.com/ulsterscotAug05no5.asp The Story of the Broadisland Gathering]

See also

*List of villages in Northern Ireland
*List of towns in Northern Ireland


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