Ballintoy () is a small

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(of 274 acres) and

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County Antrim County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim, ) is one of six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and has a population o ...

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. It is alongside the B15 coast road, north-east of Coleraine, west of Ballycastle and between it and

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. It is in the historic barony of

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. 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

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each year.

Amenities

Ballintoy's population was recorded at 165 people in the 2001 Census. The village has commercial and social facilities including tourist accommodation, restaurants, several small shops, and two churches. The distinctive white Ballintoy Parish Church sits on the hill above the harbour. The village was originally built around a single street separating the inland pastures from the strip fields running towards the sea. Two of the village's oldest hotels and pubs, the Carrick-A-Rede Hotel and the Fullerton Arms, still stand on this street. The village is in the area covered by

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. In 2011, some residents objected to the erection of bilingual street signs in English and Irish in a petition sent to Moyle District Council after an application was requested for an English/Irish sign at Harbour Road opposite the local

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church.

''Game of Thrones''

The village was used for the fictional town of Lordsport in the Isle of Pyke during the second season of HBO's

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television series '' Game of Thrones''. Filming took place during August 2011.

Places of interest

* Bendhu House is a listed building on the road to the harbour and was built by the artist Newton Penprase. *

Dunseverick Castle Dunseverick Castle is situated in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, near the small village of Dunseverick and the Giant's Causeway. Dunseverick Castle and earthworks are Scheduled Historic Monuments in the townland of Feigh, in Causeway coast a ...

lies in ruins near the village, and is a short drive from the

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. * Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge is just outside the village. The bridge links the mainland to the tiny Carrick Island. It is thought

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fishermen have been erecting bridges to the island for over 300 years. The bridge spans and is above the rocks below. * Sheep Island, County Antrim is off the north coast. * Ballintoy Parish Church was built in 1813 and incorporates the tower of the older church.

Civil parish of Ballintoy

The civil parish contains the following townlands: * Araboy * Artimacorkick * Ballinlea Lower * Ballinlea Upper *Ballintoy * Ballintoy Demesne * Ballynastraid * Broughgammon * Carnlelis * Carrowcroey * Clegnagh * Cloghcorr * Coolmaghra * Craig * Craigalappan * Craiganee * Croaghbeg * Croaghmore * Curramoney * Currysheskin * Drumnagee * Drumnagessan * Glenstaghey * Island Macallan * Kilmahamogue * Knocknagarvan * Knocksoghey * Lagavara * Lemnagh Beg * Lemnagh More * Lisbellanagroagh Beg * Lisbellanagroagh More *

Magheraboy Magheraboy () is a barony in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. To its east lies Lower Lough Erne, and it is bordered by three other baronies in Northern Ireland: Lurg to the north; Tirkennedy to the east; and Clanawley to the south It also bor ...

* Magheracashel * Maghernahar * Prolusk * Templastragh * Toberkeagh *

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