Buckna

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Buckna
County Antrim
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Buckna Orange Hall
Location
Grid reference: D209073
Location: 54°53’56"N, 6°6’58"W
Data
Post town: Ballymena
Postcode: BT42
Dialling code: 028
Local Government
Council: Mid & East Antrim
Parliamentary
constituency:
North Antrim

Buckna is a small village four miles east of Broughshane in County Antrim, close to Slemish mountain.

The name of the place is from the Gaelic language; Bochnach, meaning 'Hilly'[1] Previous forms of the name appearing on maps and in documents include Boughna (1669), Buckna (1780) and Bocnach (1832).

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References

  1. Placenames NI: Buckna, County Antrim