Which part of Ireland is Antrim?

eastern Northern Ireland
Antrim, Irish Aontroim, town and former district (1973–2015) within the former County Antrim, now in Antrim and Newtownabbey district, eastern Northern Ireland. Antrim town is located in the valley of the Six Mile Water stream, at the northeastern corner of Lough (lake) Neagh.

What is the main town in County Antrim?

Situated in the north eastern corner of Ireland, County Antrim is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, Belfast is its chief city and the famous Giant’s Causeway forms part of its stunning coastline.

What is Antrim known for?

Antrim is a county with big stories to tell. It’s home to Northern Ireland’s capital city, Belfast, birth place of the Titanic, the world-famous Giant’s Causeway, and it serves as a great launching pad for travels across the rest of Northern Ireland.

Is Antrim a part of Ulster?

A brief history: Bordered by the North Channel (with Scotland across the waters), County Down, Lough Neagh, and County Derry, County Antrim is located within the province of Ulster and is part of Northern Ireland.

Which part of Ireland is mostly Catholic?

Offaly has the highest percentage of Catholics in the country at 88.6 percent, while Dun Laoghaire – Rathdown in South Dublin has the lowest percentage at 69.9 percent. ‘No religion’ is the second most popular religion in Ireland with 10 percent of the population (468,421) not identifying with any faith.

What do you call someone from Northern Ireland?

Northern Irish people is a demonym for all people born in Northern Ireland or people who are entitled to reside in Northern Ireland without any restriction on their period of residence. Most Northern Irish people either identify as Northern Irish, Irish or British, or a combination thereof.

Why did Northern Ireland split from Ireland?

Northern Ireland was created in 1921, when Ireland was partitioned by the Government of Ireland Act 1920, creating a devolved government for the six northeastern counties. The majority of Northern Ireland’s population were unionists, who wanted to remain within the United Kingdom.

Is County Down Catholic or Protestant?

It was one of two counties of Northern Ireland to have a Protestant majority at the 2001 census. The other Protestant majority County is County Antrim to the north….County Down.

What are the 9 counties of Northern Ireland?

Northern Ireland has eight lieutenancy areas: The counties of Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry, and Tyrone; and the cities of Londonderry, and Belfast. These are contiguous with the six administrative counties and two county boroughs, established by the 1898 Local Government Act.

What Game of Thrones scenes are filmed in Northern Ireland?

2. The filming locations. Although there were reports of 25 Game of Thrones Ireland locations, the main ones are Tollymore Forest Park, Inch Abbey, Castle Ward, Toome Canal, Slemish Mountain, the Glens of Antrim, Cushendun Caves, Murlough Bay, Ballintoy Harbour and The Dark Hedges.

How far is County Antrim from Dublin?

The nearest land based town or city to this geographic midpoint is Vickerstown, Great Britain which is 28.33 miles away from the mid point. Sign In to see these locations on a functional map or to journey via this midpoint (sometimes a shorter distance, but often longer journey times due to slower roads).

What is the smallest county in Northern Ireland?

– Louth – 826km² (Leinster) – Carlow – 897km² (Leinster) – Dublin* – 922km² (Leinster) – Longford – 1091km² (Leinster) – Monaghan – 1295km² (Ulster) – Armagh – 1326km² (Ulster – smallest traditional county in Northern Ireland)

How many counties comprise Northern Ireland?

– Fermanagh – Antrim – Tyrone – Londonderry – Armagh – Down

Is Antrim in County Belfast?

One patient has been taken to hospital after a “serious incident” in North Belfast on Sunday afternoon. The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service responded to reports of a stabbing incident in the lower Antrim Road area of the city before 4pm on December 12.