How old is Ballyclare?
People have lived in Ballyclare for six thousand years. The earliest evidence of people in this area is a hoard of flint arrow heads found when houses were being built north of the river in November 1968.
Is Ballyclare Protestant?
99.13% were from the white (including Irish Traveller) ethnic group; 4.71% belong to or were brought up in the Catholic religion and 86.85% belong to or were brought up in a ‘Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)’ religion; and.
Is Ballyclare High School Catholic?
Ballyclare High School is a co-educational, non-denominational grammar school in Ballyclare, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Is Ireland or Northern Ireland part of the UK?
Ireland became a republic in 1949 and Northern Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom.
Is ballynure Catholic or Protestant?
48.2% of the population were male and 51.9% were female. 0.1% were from a Catholic background and 99.9% were from a Protestant background.
When did the Ballyclare and Larne Railway close?
Ballyclare railway station on the narrow gauge Ballymena and Larne Railway opened on 24 August 1878, closed to passenger traffic on 1 October 1930, closed to goods traffic on 3 June 1940 and finally closed altogether on 3 July 1950.
When did Ballyglunin railway station open to the public?
Ballyglunin, also known as Ballyglooneen, was opened in November 1860 as a station for passenger traffic with a single 225 ft. platform on the east side of the track. It owes its existence undoubtedly to its proximity to Ballyglunin Park, residence of the Blakes, as well as Skerrits’ Brooklodge House and Bodkin’s, Annagh House.
Where is the town of Ballyclare Northern Ireland?
Ballyclare is a small town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 9,953 according to the 2011 census, and is located within the Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council area. Ballyclare High School is a co-educational, non-denominational grammar school in Ballyclare, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
When was the original Ballyclare primary school built?
The current Ballyclare Primary School building was originally built in 1880 and has been vigorously extended ever since. It includes three stages: the 1880 school house, the 1923s extension, the 1950s extension, the 2006 mobile classrooms addition.
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