Bendooragh
| Bendooragh | |
| County Antrim | |
|---|---|
 Bendooragh crossroads | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | C927232 |
| Location: | 55°2’53"N, 6°33’4"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Ballymoney |
| Postcode: | BT53 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Causeway Coast & Glens |
Bendooragh is a small village and townland in County Antrim, two and a half miles south-west of Ballymoney. It had a population of 622 people (in 217 households) at the 2011 Census.
The name of the village is derived from the Irish language, a likely origin being Bun Dúraí menaing "Bottomland of black soil".[1]
The village is located at the edge of the Ballymoney/Coleraine Green Belt and developed over the post-war period from a crossroads cluster at the junction of the Bann, Drumahiskey and Bendooragh Roads. Bendooragh was the scene of a battle in 1642 where Irish rebels defeated a Government force under Archibald Stewart.
During the 1950s public authority housing was built and in the past decade private housing has also been completed. A shop, post office, Orange Hall and fabrication works are located within the hamlet, and there is a church and church hall just outside on the Bann Road.