Official Name: | Ballintoy |
Irish Name: | Baile an Tuaigh |
Static Image Name: | Ballintoy Harbour - geograph.org.uk - 19750.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Ballintoy harbour |
Map Type: | Northern Ireland |
Population: | 150 |
Population Ref: | (2011 census) |
Unitary Northern Ireland: | Causeway Coast and Glens |
Lieutenancy Northern Ireland: | County Antrim |
Constituency Westminster: | North Antrim |
Constituency Ni Assembly: | North Antrim |
Country: | Northern Ireland |
Post Town: | BALLYCASTLE BUSHMILLS |
Postcode Area: | BT |
Postcode District: | BT54 BT57 |
Dial Code: | 028 |
Hide Services: | yes |
Ballintoy is a small village, townland (of 274 acres)[1] and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is alongside the B15 coast road, 28km (17miles) north-east of Coleraine, 8km (05miles) west of Ballycastle and between it and Bushmills. It is in the historic barony of Cary.[1] 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 Easter Sunday each year.
Ballintoy's population was recorded at 150 people in the 2011 census.[2]
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 Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council.
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 Church of Ireland church.[3]
The village was used for the fictional town of Lordsport in the Isle of Pyke during the second season of HBO's medieval fantasy television series Game of Thrones.[4] Filming took place during August 2011.[5]
The civil parish contains the following townlands:[1] [7]