Balnamore

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Balnamore
County Antrim
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Balnamore
Location
Grid reference: C919251
Location: 55°3’55"N, 6°33’44"W
Data
Post town: Ballymoney
Postcode: BT53
Local Government
Council: Causeway Coast & Glens

Balnamore is a small village in County Antrim, within the townland of Ballynacree-Skein,[1] two miles west of Ballymoney.

The name of the village is derived from the Irish Baile an Átha Mhóir meaning "Homestead of the big ford"[2] Historically it was known as Balinamore.[2]

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