Ballycraigy

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Ballycraigy
County Antrim
Ballycraigy Bonfire - geograph.org.uk - 491803.jpg
Bonfire Entrance to Ballycraigy housing estate
Location
Grid reference: J175860
Location: 54°42’31"N, 6°10’41"W
Data
Post town: Antrim
Postcode: BT41
Local Government
Council: Antrim and Newtownabbey

Ballycraigy is a village which has declined to become a housing estate attached to the town of Antrim, south of Greystone and about 10 miles north of Belfast.

Ballycraigy is well known for having its own band "Ballycraigy Sons of Ulster" with purple/lilac attire for their uniform. The Ballycraigy estate is predominantly Protestant and every year for The Twelfth (12 July) a bonfire is lit the centre of the estate. The bonfire for 2006 was the largest in Ulster.

Census

According to the census for Ballycraigy ward the estate has approximately 865 residents.

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