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Finvoy is a hamlet and
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in
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 situated in the historic barony of
Kilconway Kilconway () is a barony in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is bordered by six other baronies: Dunluce Upper to the north; Glenarm Lower to the east; Antrim Lower to the south-east; Toome Lower to the south; Loughinsholin to the south-west; ...
. The hamlet had a population of 187 people (52 households) in the 2011 Census. The name derives from the
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: ''An Fhionnbhoith'' (the white
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or
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).


Civil parish of Finvoy

The
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is bounded by
County Londonderry County Londonderry (Ulster-Scots: ''Coontie Lunnonderrie''), also known as County Derry ( ga, Contae Dhoire), is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the thirty two counties of Ireland and one of the nine counties of Ulste ...
and the civil parishes of
Ballymoney Ballymoney ( ga, Baile Monaidh , meaning 'townland of the moor') is a small town and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is within the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council area. The civil parish of Ballymoney is situated i ...
, Killraghts, Killagan and Rasharkin


Townlands

It contains the following 33 townlands:


A

Artiforty or Shanaghy,
Artiloman In Ireland Counties are divided into Civil Parishes and Parishes are further divided into townlands. The following is a list of townlands in County Antrim, Northern Ireland: __NOTOC__ A Acravally, Aganlane (also known as Parkmore), Aghaboy ...
,
Artnagross In Ireland Counties are divided into Civil Parishes and Parishes are further divided into townlands. The following is a list of townlands in County Antrim, Northern Ireland: __NOTOC__ A Acravally, Aganlane (also known as Parkmore), Aghaboy, ...


B

Ballaghbeddy, Ballymacaldrack, Ballynagarvy, Ballytunn


C

Caldanagh, Carney Hill, Carrowreagh, Craigs


D

Desertderrin, Dirraw, Drumlee, Dunloy,
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G

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,
Glengad Glengad () is a Gaeltacht village in the parish of Kilcommon in northwest County Mayo, Ireland. It is also known as Dooncarton (), a name which comes from an Iron Age tribal chieftain called Ciortan, a character who appears in the Ulster Cycle ...


K

Killins North, Killymaddy, Knockans


L

Lisheegan


M

Maddykeel Lower, Manola Wood, Moneycanon, Moore Lodge, Mullans


N

New Buildings or Maddydoo Lower


R

Rosnashane, Rushey Hill


S

Slievenaghy


T

Tate's Fort, Tullaghans


See also

*
List of civil parishes of County Antrim In Ireland Counties are divided into civil parishes and parishes are further divided into townlands. The following is a list of civil parishes in County Antrim, Northern Ireland: __NOTOC__ A Aghagallon, Aghalee, Ahoghill, Antrim, Ardclinis, ...
*
List of towns and villages in Northern Ireland This is an alphabetical list of towns and villages in Northern Ireland. For a list sorted by population, see the list of settlements in Northern Ireland by population. The towns of Armagh, Lisburn and Newry are also classed as cities (see city s ...


References

{{authority control Villages in County Antrim