Ballystrudder

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Ballystrudder
County Antrim

Road near Ballystrudder in 2006
Location
Grid reference: J473947
Location: 54°46’44"N, 5°42’38"W
Data
Population: 992  (2011)
Postcode: BT40
Dialling code: 028
Local Government
Council: Mid & East Antrim

Ballystrudder or Ballystruder is a small village, and townland of 255 acres, on Islandmagee, a peninsula on the east coast of County Antrim. It is within the Barony of Belfast Lower.

The village had a recorded population of 992 at the 2011 Census. Its name is derived from the Gaelic Baile Strudair, meaning "Strudar’s homestead".[1]

References

  1. Ballystrudder: Place Names NI