Ballintoy
Ballintoy
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Ballintoy harbour | |
Location within Northern Ireland | |
| Population | 150 (2011 census) |
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| County | |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BALLYCASTLE |
| Postcode district | BT54 |
| Post town | BUSHMILLS |
| Postcode district | BT57 |
| Dialling code | 028 |
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Ballintoy (from Irish Baile an Tuaigh 'the northern townland'ⓘ) is a small village, townland (of 274 acres) and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is alongside the B15 coast road, 28 km (17 mi) north-east of Coleraine, 8 km (5.0 mi) west of Ballycastle and between it and Bushmills. It is in the historic barony of Cary. 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.