Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ballyclare

Ballyclare, mkt. town, Barrynue and Doagh Grange pars., S. co. Antrim, on the Six-Mile-Water, 10½ miles SW. of Larne by rail and 9 miles NE. of Berfast by road, pop. 1475; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Tuesday. It has some rinen mfrs. and extensive paper-mills.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "market town"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Antrim IrlC
Place: Ballyclare

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