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Armoy is a small village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, 9 kms south west of Ballycastle adjacent to the A44 road between Ballymena and Ballycastle. It is 13 kms north east of Ballymoney on the fringes of the Glens of Antrim. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 414 people. In 1842 it had a population of 128 people and in 1899 it had 243 people.It is on the River Bush and lies within the Moyle District Council area. The village is situated between two of the nine Glens of Antrim, Glenshesk and Glentaisie. The parish of Armoy also contains half of the mountain of Knocklayd, while the other half is in the parish of Ballycastle. A village is a human residential settlement commonly found in rural areas. ...
County Antrim ( in [Gaelic) is one of the six Irish counties that form Northern Ireland. ...
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Ballycastle (Baile an Chaistil in Irish) is a small town in County Antrim in Northern Ireland. ...
Ballymena (Irish: An Baile Meánach, middle town) is a town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland and the seat of Ballymena Borough Council. ...
Ballymoney Borough Council is a Local Council in County Antrim in Northern Ireland. ...
The Glens of Antrim, or, simply, the Glens, is a region of County Antrim comprised of nine glens, or valleys, that radiate inward from the coast towards Lough Neagh. ...
Census 2001 is the name by which the national census conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001 is known. ...
1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Moyle District Council is a Local Council in County Antrim in the north-east corner of Northern Ireland. ...
It is one of the larger villages in The District of Moyle providing primary education, convenience shopping, a bank and Post Office, and a range of community facilities. The village was dominated by public sector housing for many years, but in the late 80's early 90's a new housing development (Fernmount Park) was built. Recently new developments have been built throughout the village. The new housing development called The Ferns (Just above Fernmount Park) boasts around 40 houses and is nearly finished. In late 2005 a new development began at the side of the River Bush and town housing is currently being built throughout the village.
The commercial and community life of the village has been greatly enhanced by a community regeneration project at the junction of Main Street and Drones Road. The Tilley Molloy Project, implemented under the International Fund for Ireland’s Community Regeneration and Improvement Special Programme (CRISP), was undertaken by Armoy Community Development Association and completed in 2000. This redevelopment of a key derelict site at the entrance to the village provided four shop units, four apartments, community care facilities and public toilets. The physical environment of the village has been further enhanced by a new Riverside Park developed by the District Council, and an environmental improvement scheme on Main Street carried out as part of the CRISP project. This article is about the year 2000. ...
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There are the remains of a round tower on the edge of the village. An early monastery is said to have been founded at Armoy by Saint Olcan, a disciple of Saint Patrick. The only trace of an early monastery is the stump of the Round Tower which stands in the grounds of St. Patrick's Parish Church. The tower is about 11m high and has three storeys. The round tower at Glendalough, Ireland, is approximately thirty metres tall A round tower was primarily a bell tower, or belfry, as the Irish form of the name cloictheach clearly indicates, and as was proved by George Petrie as long ago as 1845 and never seriously challenged since. ...
The Tikse monastery in Ladakh, India A monastery is the habitation of monks, derived from the Greek word for a hermits cell. ...
Saint Patrick Saint Patrick (386–March 17, 493, see below) was a missionary and is regarded as the patron saint of Ireland (along with Saint Brigid and Saint Columba). ...
People John Armoy Knox, journalist, was born on August 10, 1851 at Armoy, the son of Thomas and Jane McBride Knox. His father and his uncle owned the Armoy Flax and Grain Mills. He emigrated to the United States in 1871 and settled in Austin, Texas working as a journalist, before editing newspapers in New York and Atlanta. He was also a playwright and author. He died suddenly in New York on December 18, 1906. August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1851 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
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December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
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