Ballybogy

Ballybogy or Ballybogey (from Irish Baile an Bhogaigh, meaning "boggy townland")[1] is a small village and townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is located 7 km north-north-west of Ballymoney and 7 km east of Coleraine, lying within the Caueway Coast and Glens district.[2] It is known as Boggie in Scots.[3] It had a population of 539 people (209 households) in the 2011 Census.[4]

Features

Ballybogy developed from a crossroads cluster at the junction of the Ballybogy, Benvardin and Ballindreen Roads. In the 1950s and 1960s this small nucleus was greatly enlarged with the provision of public sector housing, supplemented by new private housing development to the south and west of the village.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Placenames NI
  2. 1 2 "Ballybogy Settlement Designation". Planning Service - Draft Northern Area Plan 2016. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
  3. ↑ The Online Scots Dictionary Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  4. ↑ "Ballybogy". Census 2011 Results. NI Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 30 April 2015.

Coordinates: 55°07′N 6°34′W / 55.117°N 6.567°W / 55.117; -6.567

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