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Line 1: {{short description\|Village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox UK place \|official_name= Ballycarry \|irish_name= Baile Caraidh \|scots_name= Ballycarrie<ref>[http://www.northsouthministerialcouncil.org/nsmc_annual_report_-_ulster-scots_version_(pdf_234mb).pdf North-South Ministerial Council: 2005 Annual Report in Ulster Scots] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111222171954/http://www.northsouthministerialcouncil.org/nsmc_annual_report_-_ulster-scots_version_%28pdf_234mb%29.pdf \|date=2011-12-22 }}</ref> \|local_name= \|static_image_name=St John's church, Ballycarry - geograph.org.uk - 477037.jpg \|static_image_caption=St John's church, Ballycarry \|map_type= Northern Ireland \|~~latitude~~coordinates = {{coord\|54.774158\|-5.752716\|display=inline,title}} ~~\|longitude= -5.752716~~ \|label_position=none \|irish_grid_reference= \| population = 981 \| population_ref = <small>([[United Kingdom Census 2001\|2001 Census]])</small> \|unitary_northern_ireland=[[Mid and East Antrim ~~District~~Borough Council\|Mid and East Antrim]] \|lieutenancy_northern_ireland=[[County Antrim]] \|constituency_westminster=[[East Antrim (UK Parliament constituency)\|East Antrim]] \|constituency_ni_assembly=[[East Antrim (Assembly constituency)\|East Antrim]] \|country= Northern Ireland \|historic_county= ~~\|post_town=~~ \|~~postcode_area~~post_town= BT \|postcode_area= BT38 \|postcode_district= \|dial_code= 028 \|website= }} '''Ballycarry''' ({{Irish derived place name\|Baile Caraidh\|~~settlement~~town of the weir or rocky ford}}~~)<ref>[http://www.placenamesni.org/resultsdetail.phtml?entry=6256~~{{audio\|Uladh ~~Placenames~~- ~~NI:~~Aontroim - ~~Ballycarry]</ref>~~Baile Caraigh.wav\|}})<ref>[http://www.placenamesni.org/~~resultsdetail~~resultdetails.~~phtml~~php?entry=~~18768~~15363 ~~Placenames~~Place Names NI~~: Ballycarry North West~~]</ref> is a [[village]] in [[County Antrim]], [[Northern Ireland]]. It is midway between [[Larne]] and [[Carrickfergus]], overlooking [[Islandmagee]], and is part of the [[Mid and East Antrim ~~District~~Borough Council]] area. In the [[United Kingdom Census 2001\|2001 Census]] it had a population of 981.{{Citation needed\|date= March 2018}} ==Archaeology== Line 35 ⟶ 37: Ballycarry has a vibrant community association, which succeeded in attracting funding for a modern community centre in the village in 2001. The Association includes representatives from all local groups in the village including the three local churches, sports clubs, fraternities and social groups. In 2009 many events were held in Ballycarry to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the community being established in 1609. ~~== People ==~~ [[James Orr (poet)\|James Orr]], known as the Bard of Ballycarry, was the foremost of the Ulster [[Weaver Poets]], and was writing contemporaneously with [[Robert Burns]]. He was one of many Ulster Presbyterians who fled to America after taking part in the ill-fated United Irish Rising in 1798. He returned to Ballycarry under an amnesty and died in the village in 1816. An imposing monument to Orr, erected by local Freemasons in 1831, is sited in the adjacent Templecorran cemetery. In 2011 a tourist trail, the Weaver's Trail, was officially launched in Orr's honour by the Mayor of Larne, Cllr. Bobby McKee MBE, and was supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.<ref>Ballycarry - Co Antrim - Home of Poet James Orr http://www.weavers-trail.co.uk/poems-of-orr-passengers</ref>▼ Rev. [[Edward Brice]], the first Presbyterian minister in Ireland, came to Ballycarry in 1613 and ministered in the Templecorran Church, now in ruins. He was originally from Stirlingshire in Scotland and was brought to the village by William Edmondstone, who settled there in 1609. Brice was one of several Scottish clergymen who were forbidden to preach by the Established Church authorities in the 1630s.▼ [[General (United Kingdom)\|General]] [[James Steele (British Army officer)\|Sir James Steele]], who was born in Ballycarry, was the [[British Army]] officer who signed the mobilisation order to take the [[United Kingdom]] to war with [[Nazi Germany]] in 1939. He later played a part in the [[Dunkirk evacuation]] in 1940 and the [[Normandy landings]] in 1944. A memorial on the village green highlights his military achievements, his connection with the [[Royal Ulster Rifles]] and his love of Ballycarry.▼ Rev. John Bankhead, who was minister at Ballycarry for almost 71 years, was married twice and had 22 children. He was ordained in August 1763 and died in July 1833.<ref>{{cite book \|title=Historical and literary memorials of Presbyterianism in Ireland (1731-1800) \|last=Witherow \|first=Thomas \| authorlink=Thomas Witherow\|year=1880 \|publisher=William Mullan & Son \|location=London & Belfast \|pages=136–140 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OeYCAAAAQAAJ&lpg=PA136&ots=sQLUyf7Wmr&pg=PA136#v=onepagef=false \|accessdate=2010-06-11}}</ref> William Nelson, a 16-year-old hanged for his part in the ill-fated [[Irish Rebellion of 1798]], which involved many Presbyterians in East Ulster, is known as The Ballycarry Martyr. His brother John was transported for his part in the Rising and became a successful architect in Virginia and a personal friend of President Thomas Jefferson. William James Hume, local farmer, poet and entertainer, was author of a popular 1940s Ulster folksong The Muttonburn Stream, which is a local river lying to the north west of Ballycarry. He died in 1948. William Calwell, who emigrated from Ulster to California, returned to the village after the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 and brought back architects plans for basement style bungalows, some of which still remain in the village and are unique in Northern Ireland. He was also one of the founders of a co-operative creamery in the community, which continued to operate under the Dale Farm company until the 1990s. Calwell was also a local poet and died on his 90th birthday. The late [[Michelin Guide\|Michelin Star]] chef [[Robbie Millar]] was from Ballycarry.▼ The graves of over 50 locally notable figures are documented in "The Templecorran Project: an historic guide to Templecorran cemetery, Ballycarry" by David Hume and John W Nelson (1999), providing a historical trail through the old cemetery in the village. == Education == Ballycarry Primary School ==Transport== [[Ballycarry railway station]] was opened on 1 October 1862.<ref>{{cite web \| title= Ballycarry\| work=Railscot - Irish Railways\| url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf \| ~~accessdate~~access-date=2007-08-27\|format=PDF\| ~~archiveurl~~archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070926042407/http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf\| ~~archivedate~~archive-date= 26 September 2007 <!--DASHBot-->\|url-status ~~deadurl~~= nolive}}</ref> The railway station is located about a mile from the village. == 2001 Census ==▼ ▲== 2001 Census == Ballycarry is classified as a small village or hamlet by the [~~http://www.nisra.gov.uk/~~ [Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency]] (NISRA)] (i.e. with population between 500 and 1,000 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 981 people living in Ballycarry. Of these: 23.1% were aged under 16 years and 15.1% were aged 60 and over 50.2% of the population were male and 49.9% were female Line 61 ⟶ 51: 3.8% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed == Notable people == ~~For more details see: [http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/ NI Neighbourhood Information Service]~~ {{See also\|Category:People from Ballycarry}} ▲[[James Orr (poet)\|James Orr]], known as the Bard of Ballycarry, was the foremost of the Ulster [[Weaver Poets]], and was writing contemporaneously with [[Robert Burns]]. He was one of many Ulster Presbyterians who fled to America after taking part in the ill-fated United Irish Rising in 1798. He returned to Ballycarry under an amnesty and died in the village in 1816. An imposing monument to Orr, erected by local Freemasons in 1831, is sited in the adjacent Templecorran cemetery. In 2011 a tourist trail, the Weaver's Trail, was officially launched in Orr's honour by the Mayor of Larne, Cllr. Bobby McKee MBE, and was supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.<ref>Ballycarry - Co Antrim - Home of Poet James Orr http://www.weavers-trail.co.uk/poems-of-orr-passengers {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029192420/http://www.weavers-trail.co.uk/poems-of-orr-passengers \|date=29 October 2013 }}</ref> ▲Rev. [[Edward Brice]], the first Presbyterian minister in Ireland, came to Ballycarry in 1613 and ministered in the Templecorran Church, now in ruins. He was originally from Stirlingshire in Scotland and was brought to the village by William Edmondstone, who settled there in 1609. Brice was one of several Scottish clergymen who were forbidden to preach by the Established Church authorities in the 1630s. ▲[[General (United Kingdom)\|General]] [[James Steele (British Army officer)\|Sir James Steele]], who was born in Ballycarry, was the [[British Army]] officer who signed the mobilisation order to take the [[United Kingdom]] to war with [[Nazi Germany]] in 1939. He later played a part in the [[Dunkirk evacuation]] in 1940 and the [[Normandy landings]] in 1944. A memorial on the village green highlights his military achievements, his connection with the [[Royal Ulster Rifles]] and his love of Ballycarry. ▲The late [[Michelin Guide\|Michelin Star]] chef [[Robbie Millar]] was from Ballycarry. == References == <references/> [http://www.ballycarrypresbyterian.co.uk Ballycarry Presbyterian Church] [http://www.larne.gov.uk Larne Borough Council] [http://www.ulsterscotsagency.com/JamesOrr.asp Article on James Orr] [http://www.irish-freemasons.org Irish Freemasons] == External links == [http://www.ballycarrycommunity.co.uk/ Ballycarry Community Association] [https://web.archive.org/web/20051229010908/http://www.ulsterscotsagency.com/ulsterscotAug05no5.asp The Story of the Broadisland Gathering] [http://www.ballycarryprimary.co.uk Ballycarry Primary School] *[http://www.weavers-trail.co.uk/poems-of-orr-passengers] {{County Antrim}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Villages in County Antrim]]