Buckna

Buckna
County Antrim
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' Previous forms of the name appearing on maps and in documents include Boughna (1669), Buckna (1780) and Bocnach (1832).

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Buckna)

• Buckna Presbyterian Church