Ballyrobert

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Ballyrobert
County Antrim
Ballyrobert Orange Hall - geograph.org.uk - 1586854.jpg
Ballyrobert Orange Hall
Location
Grid reference: J287873
Location: 54°43’2"N, 6°0’11"W
Data
Post town: Ballyclare
Postcode: BT39
Local Government
Council: Antrim and Newtownabbey

Ballyrobert is a small village in County Antrim. Its name is derived from the Irish Baile Riobaird, meaning "Robert's Town";[1] a name apparently Gaelicised in the Middle Ages from a Norman original: in 1306 the name Ville Rob[er]ti is recorded.

The village is to be found about two and a half miles south of Ballyclare and has developed around the junction of the Ballyrobert Road and the Mossley Road/The Longshot. It had a population of 587 people at the 2001 Census.

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