Whitehead is a small seaside town on the east coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland, lying almost midway between the towns of Carrickfergus and Larne. It lies within the civil parish of Templecorran, the historic barony of Belfast Lower, and is part of Mid and East Antrim. Before the Plantation of Ulster its name was recorded as both Whitehead and Kinbaine (from Irish an Cionn Bán, meaning "the white head").
Population: 3,697
Latitude: 54° 45' 13.36" N
Longitude: -5° 42' 33.59" W
Divis (from Irish Dubhais, meaning "black back") is a large mountain and area of sprawling moorland to the north-west of Belfast in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The mountain is 478 m (1,568 ft) tall, making it the highest of the Belfast Hills.
Cullybackey or Cullybacky (from Irish Coill na Baice, meaning "wood of the river bend") is a village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies 3 miles north of Ballymena, on the banks of the River Maine, and is within the Borough of Ballymena. It …
Broadcasting House, Belfast is the headquarters building from which BBC Northern Ireland operates many of its broadcasting services. The building is located on Ormeau Avenue in Belfast city centre, at the junction with Bedford Street. Public tours o…
The Thanksgiving Statue is a £300,000 public art metal sculpture by Andy Scott 19.5 metres high constructed in 2007 in Thanksgiving Square in Belfast. As with other public works of art in Ireland the sculpture has been given several nicknames.
Bangor Abbey was established by Saint Comgall in 558 in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland and was famous for its learning and austere rule. It is not to be confused with the even older abbey in Wales on the site of Bangor Cathedral.
Antrim (named after the town of Antrim) is a local government district in Northern Ireland. It is one of twenty-six districts created in 1973, and was granted borough status on 9 May 1977. The borough covers an area of some 220 square miles (570 km2…
Newtownabbey Borough Council is a Local Council in County Antrim in Northern Ireland and is on the north shore of Belfast Lough just immediately north of Belfast.
The M2 is a motorway in Belfast and County Antrim in Northern Ireland. It is in two sections, the southern section running from north Belfast to Antrim and the northern section acts as a bypass of Ballymena, with the A26 road linking the two section…
The Templeton and Upton family mausoleum is in the care of the National Trust and is open to visitors. Many Templetown viscounts and barons are buried there. The mausoleum was built in the form of a triumphal arch by Robert Adam, who also extended t…
The Belfast City Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Chathair Bhéal Feirste) located in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is a 900-bed modern university teaching hospital providing local acute services and key regional specialities. Its distinctive tower block domin…
Bangor Grammar School (The Grammar or B.G.S.), is an all-boys, voluntary grammar school situated in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1856 by the Conservative politician and Bangor man, Col The Hon. Robert Ward PC MP(Ireland) …
Bangor Castle is a country house situated in Castle Park in Bangor, Northern Ireland.
Ahoghill or Ahohill (/əˈhɒhɪl/ or /əˈhɒxɪl/; from Irish Achadh Eochaille, meaning "field of the yew forest") is a large village and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, four miles from Ballymena. It is within the Borough of Ballymena.
Stormont is a first-class cricket ground in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
St Mary's University College is a university college in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
RAF Nutts Corner is a former Royal Air Force station located 2.7 miles (4.3 km) east of Crumlin, County Antrim, Northern Ireland and 9.2 miles (14.8 km) north west of Belfast.
North Down is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
The list of hoards in Ireland comprises the significant archaeological hoards of coins, jewellery, metal objects, scrap metal and other valuable items that have been discovered on the island of Ireland (Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland). It …