Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland

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settlement town

Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland is a historic market town in Northern Ireland known for its agricultural trade, linen industry heritage, and role as a regional commercial center.

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Label Occurrences
Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland canonical 1
Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
administrativeCentreOf Mid and East Antrim Borough ⓘ
surface form: Mid and East Antrim Borough Council
category Market towns in Northern Ireland ⓘ
Towns in County Antrim ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dialCode +44 28 ⓘ
directionFromBelfast north-west ⓘ
distanceToBelfast about 28 miles ⓘ
formerGoverningBody Mid and East Antrim Borough ⓘ
surface form: Ballymena Borough Council
governingBody Mid and East Antrim Borough ⓘ
surface form: Mid and East Antrim Borough Council
hasEducationalInstitution Ballymena Academy ⓘ
Cambridge House Grammar School ⓘ
St Louis Grammar School, Ballymena ⓘ
hasFacility Fairhill Shopping Centre ⓘ
Tower Centre ⓘ
hasMarket Ballymena ⓘ
surface form: Ballymena livestock market
hasPostcodeArea BT42 ⓘ
BT43 ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Ballymena railway station ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding All Saints Catholic Church, Ballymena ⓘ
St Patrick’s Church of Ireland, Ballymena ⓘ
various Presbyterian churches ⓘ
hasRiver River Braid ⓘ
hasRoad A26 road ⓘ
M2 motorway (nearby) ⓘ
hasSportsClub Ballymena United F.C. ⓘ
hasStadium The Showgrounds, Ballymena ⓘ
historicalEconomicActivity agricultural markets ⓘ
linen production ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
historicalProvince Ulster ⓘ
knownFor agricultural trade ⓘ
linen industry heritage ⓘ
retail and services ⓘ
locatedIn County Antrim ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
surface form: Ireland (island)

Northern Ireland ⓘ
nearRiver River Maine ⓘ
notablePerson Ian Paisley ⓘ
surface form: Ian Paisley (associated with Ballymena area)
partOf Mid and East Antrim Borough ⓘ
surface form: Mid and East Antrim Borough Council
railLine Belfast–Derry railway line ⓘ
region North Antrim ⓘ
role market town ⓘ
regional commercial centre ⓘ
sport association football ⓘ
timeZone GMT ⓘ
timeZoneDST BST ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alexander Campbell → birthPlace → Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland ⓘ
William John Neeson → placeOfBirth → Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland