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67-526: The Antrim Road was initially a much shorter road than it is now and this smaller exit from the city centre was originally known as Duncairn Street. It took its present name from the fact that it links to Antrim town , a role that was previously filled by what is now the Shankill Road , which lies west of the Antrim Road. The road was one of the areas of the city to suffer sustained bombardment by

134-656: A motte-and-bailey castle at Antrim. Its mound (motte) still stands in Antrim Castle Gardens. The Anglo-Norman earldom collapsed in the early 14th century and Antrim became part of the Gaelic territory of Clannaboy . During the late Middle Ages, the O'Neill chiefs of Clannaboy were based at Edenduffcarrick castle (later called Shane's Castle ), two miles west of Antrim. Following the Nine Years' War (1593–1603) , Antrim came under English control. The area

201-738: A Catholic civilian living on Skegoneill Avenue was killed at his home by the Red Hand Commando . Although the North Belfast Brigade was not often the most active of the UDA's six area, the Antrim Road's proximity to the Lower Shankill Road, the stronghold of the UDA West Belfast Brigade , ensured that the UDA was also active locally. The first killing to be identified in the area as the work of

268-476: A UDA member and a Protestant civilian, at Cavehill Inn on Cavehill Road, Belfast. The PIRA returned to its sniper activity on the Antrim Road during the 1980s, killing a soldier on 2 May 1980 and an RUC officer in Duncairn Gardens on 6 May 1981. 21 October 1981: A UDR soldier was shot dead outside Belfast Zoo. This was followed on 8 January 1982 by the killing of an Ulster Defence Regiment soldier who

335-630: A fire in July 2019. There were several incidents in and around Antrim during the Troubles including, in 1976, when six civilians (5 Protestants and one Catholic ) were shot and killed during a UVF gun attack on the Ramble Inn pub near Antrim. As with the rest of Northern Ireland , Antrim experiences a maritime climate with cool summers and mild winters. The nearest official Met Office weather station for which online records are available

402-548: A loyalist paramilitary again the intended target. The Belfast Brigade issued an apology and confirmed it had been a case of mistaken identity. Their last major attack in the area also occurred on the Cavehill Road on 30 December 1992 when a British soldier who lived there was killed at his home. Two IRA volunteers burst into the house armed with AK-47 assault rifles and shot the soldier at least 13 times at close range. The soldier's wife claimed that IRA volunteer Thomas Begley

469-538: A monastery was founded at Antrim in AD 495, thirty years after the death of Saint Patrick , to take forward his ministry, with a small settlement growing up around it. The round tower (see below), also known as "the Steeple", is all that remains. The original name of Antrim was Aontreibh , Irish for 'lone house', referring to the monks' house. This later became or was reinterpreted, as Aontroim ('lone ridge'). In

536-528: A naval engagement on Lough Neagh . The Society of United Irishmen launched a rebellion in 1798 , which began in Leinster and quickly spread to Ulster . The United Irishmen had been founded in 1791 by liberal Protestants in Belfast . Its goal was to unite Catholics and Protestants and to end British monarchical rule over Ireland and to found a sovereign, independent Irish republic. Although its membership

603-477: A proper Airport rail link connection. The Junction, formerly Junction One (named after junction 1 of the nearby M22 Motorway ), is a retail park in the area with restaurants and a hotel. Supermarkets serving the town include an Asda store, Lidl outlet, Tesco Extra, and Iceland store. Castle Mall, formerly known as the Castle Centre, is located on High Street in the town. Junior schools serving

670-518: A pupil enters the Academy they are placed into one of the four houses: Shaw, Currie, Pottinger or Cairns, named after past pupils: James Shaw, Donald Currie , Henry Pottinger , and Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns , for whom the house colours are yellow, green, red, and blue, respectively; each pupil must wear a tie with a stripe of their house colour on it. As a pupil progresses through the Academy, they can earn honours through excellence in sport and/or

737-452: Is at Belfast International Airport , under 4 miles to the south of the town centre. In a typical year the warmest day should reach a temperature of 25.4 °C (77.7 °F) and 2.1 days should attain a temperature of 25.1 °C (77.2 °F) or above in total. The coldest night of the year averages −6.6 °C (20.1 °F) and 39 nights should register an air frost. The absolute minimum temperature of −14.2 °C (6.4 °F)

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804-584: Is held by John Finucane of Sinn Féin whilst the corresponding Assembly seats are held by Paula Bradley and William Humphrey and of the DUP, Carál Ní Chuilín and Gerry Kelly of Sinn Féin and Nichola Mallon of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP). The East Antrim parliamentary seat is held by Sammy Wilson (DUP) with the Assembly seats held by David Hilditch and Gordon Lyonsof

871-459: Is near Antrim. The local Gaelic Athletic Association club is Naomh Comhghall CLG (St. Comgalls Antrim). The association football club, Chimney Corner F.C. , plays its home games in Allen Park on Castle Road. Other Antrim sports clubs include Antrim Hockey Club and Muckamore Cricket Club . Belfast Royal Academy The Belfast Royal Academy (commonly shortened to BRA ) is

938-546: Is now Academy Street, it moved to its current location on the Cliftonville Road in 1880. For more than a century the school was named Belfast Academy . On 27 November 1887, Queen Victoria granted permission for the school to style itself Belfast Royal Academy , and its name was officially changed in November 1888. On 12 April 1792, a group of schoolboys (eight boarders and two day boys) barricaded themselves in

1005-695: The A2 , Clifton Street which leads back to Belfast city centre , and Denmark Street which leads to the area of the Lower Shankill Road . Annesley Street is located near the beginning of the road and it featured the synagogue, the former centre of the Jewish community in Belfast. Opened in 1904 after a sizeable donation from Otto Jaffe it served as the city's synagogue for a number of years before more modern premises were secured on Somerton Road. The area

1072-612: The Battle of Antrim . Before the Act of Union , the parliamentary borough of Antrim returned two members to the Irish House of Commons by virtue of letters patent granted in 1666 by Charles II . It was disenfranchised in 1801. Steeple House, a substantial 18th-century mansion which was home to the Clark family and then became the headquarters of Antrim Borough Council, was destroyed in

1139-770: The Bishop of Down and Connor , is also located on the Somerton Road. Belfast Castle is located in Cavehill Country Park overlooking the Antrim Road in the Downview area. The Bellevue area is also the location of Belfast Zoo . Overlooking the north shore of Belfast Lough , this elevated coastal area enjoys the mildest climate in Belfast and is one of the few areas of the city where palm trees and other semi-tropical plants have been successfully grown. The border between Belfast and Newtownabbey forms soon after

1206-611: The Castle and Oldpark district electoral areas. Castle is represented by Lydia Patterson and Gut Spence of the DUP, Mary Campbell and Tierna Cunningham of Sinn Féin, David Browne of the UUP and Pat Convery of the SDLP. The seats in Oldpark are held by Daniel Lavery, Conor Maskey and Gerard McCabe of Sinn Féin, Ian Crozier and Gareth McKee of the DUP and Nichola Mallon of the SDLP. After Belfast

1273-574: The Luftwaffe as part of the Belfast Blitz of April and May 1941 and was amongst those hit the hardest resulting in a high number of casualties. The Waterworks on Antrim Road, Belfast's principal source of water, was one of the Luftwaffe's targets. On the night of 15/16 April 1941 German bombers launched their deadliest attack on Belfast. Shortly after the air raid sirens sounded at 10.40 pm,

1340-741: The Territorial Army to house the North Irish Horse . Beyond this section of the road there are the Salisbury and Chichester Park areas, which are largely made up of middle class private housing. St Peter's Church, Belfast , a historic Church of Ireland church built in 1900, is found in this section of the Antrim Road, facing the North Circular Road. This road leads back to the Crumlin Road , passing through

1407-626: The Antrim Road passes over the M2 motorway . The road then passes through the Glengormley suburb of Newtownabbey and forms its main shopping district. Barron Hall, a venue used by the Newtownabbey Community Forum which involves both communities, was targeted in a sectarian arson attack in July 2010 having been mistaken for an Orange hall . Glengormley police station is also located close to Barron Hall. The road continues through

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1474-550: The Antrim Road to North Queen Street. New Lodge is bordered on the north by Duncairn Gardens with the loyalist Tiger's Bay forming an interface area . It is one of the older areas of the Antrim Road, although it was previously known as the Pinkerton Row area. The Newington area borders two public parks on this part of the Antrim Road, the Waterworks on the corner of the Cavehill Road and Alexandra Park , which in 1994

1541-603: The Antrim Road when they were hit. The Provisionals also shot and killed a man in September 1974 on Newington Street. A piece of cardboard was found nearby that had written on it: "this is the penalty for a sexual assault on a child of seven years old at the Waterworks". After the shooting a caller rang the Irish News and said it had been a "punishment shooting" carried out by the IRA. On 24 September 1976 they killed two more men,

1608-523: The Cavehill Road on 27 May 1978 brought an end to UDA shootings in the area for some ten years however. The UDA returned to action on the Antrim Road on 10 May 1988 when, using the Ulster Freedom Fighters code name, the UDA claimed responsibility for shooting dead a Catholic civilian at his home on Newington Street. This was followed on 12 February 1989 by what would later become one of their most notorious actions when UDA members entered

1675-460: The Cliftonville Road. Both Cliftonville Cricket Club and Cliftonville Hockey Club originated in the area. All three clubs came under threat during the early days of the troubles for being perceived as Unionist clubs. The Cricket and Hockey clubs vacated after their grounds were looted and firebombed in 1972 while the Football club was adopted by the local Nationalist community in the aftermath of

1742-751: The DUP, Roy Beggs Jr and John Stewart of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), and Stewart Dickson of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI). The MP for South Antrim is Paul Girvan (DUP) whilst the MLAS for the seat are Trevor Clarke and Pam Cameron of the DUP, John Blair of the APNI, Steve Aiken of the UUP and Declan Kearney of Sinn Féin. Much of the Antrim Road is within Belfast City Council , specifically

1809-436: The DUP, Paul Michael and Mervyn Rea of the UUP as well as Thomas Burns (SDLP), Alan Lawther (APNI) and Annemarie Logue (Sinn Féin). As well as St Malachy's College and Belfast Royal Academy other secondary schools on or close to the Antrim Road include Dominican College, Fortwilliam , Blessed Trinity College (amalgamation of St Patrick's College, Belfast , and Little Flower Girls School), and Hazelwood Integrated College on

1876-412: The Luftwaffe bombers began dropping incendiaries, powerful explosive bombs and parachute mines. North Belfast was first to be attacked and bore the brunt of the bombardment with entire swaths of terraced houses levelled. The Antrim Road in particular took the full force of the air raid which resulted in an inferno that engulfed the street. The Auxiliary Fire Brigade was unable to put out the conflagration as

1943-742: The NI total, representing an increase of 16.9% on the census 2001 population of 20,001. Of these: Antrim railway station was opened on 11 April 1848, and closed for goods traffic in 1965. Served by passenger trains on the Belfast-Derry railway line are run by Northern Ireland Railways . Antrim's Aldergrove Airport known as Belfast International Airport is the largest airport in Northern Ireland, serving destinations in Britain, Europe and North America. However, Aldergrove does not have

2010-644: The New Lodge area and it runs Northwest, linking up with the Oldpark Road as it heads towards the Ardoyne area. It was built in the 1890s to link the Antrim Road with the Old Park Road (as it was known at the time). Belfast Royal Academy , a voluntary grammar school founded in 1785, is located on the Cliftonville Road. Solitude , the home of Cliftonville F.C. , is also located on a street just behind

2077-565: The UDA occurred on 4 May 1972 when a Catholic civilian was found stabbed-to-death in an entry between Baltic Avenue and Atlantic Avenue in the Newington area. Later, on 16 May 1974, a UDA member shot dead a Catholic civilian at the Edlingham Street/Stratheden Street junction. She had stopped to talk to a friend. A witness said the gunman emerged from the loyalist Tiger Bay area. There had been sporadic trouble in

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2144-482: The animals escaping thus posing a risk to the populace. The animals which were shot included a tiger, a lynx, a hyena, a black bear, two polar bears, and six wolves. The Antrim Road begins at Carlisle Circus, a roundabout north of the city centre just past the Westlink motorway. It is one of four exits from Carlisle Circus, the others being the Crumlin Road , a major arterial and residential route that forms part of

2211-464: The area include Antrim Primary School, Ballycraigy Primary School, Greystone Primary School, St Comgall's Primary School, and St Joseph's Primary School. The secondary schools are Antrim Grammar School and Parkhall College . In addition, St Benedict's College, Randalstown attracts students from Antrim. The Greenmount campus of the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE)

2278-541: The area that day and locals complained that the British Army had done little to stop UDA activity nearby. This was followed on 14 June 1975 by the killing of a Catholic civilian in a drive-by shooting on New Lodge Road, Belfast. On 27 August 1976 UDA members petrol-bombed the home of a young Catholic family on Hillman Street, just off the Duncairn Gardens interface. Two Catholic civilians and their ten-month-old baby were killed. The killing of another Catholic civilian on

2345-681: The area. Indeed, as late as 2011 the Antrim Road was still being affected by the hangover of the Troubles when in January of that year the Glandore area around Skegoneill Avenue was closed due to a car bomb left by dissident republicans . The PIRA, specifically the Third Battalion of the Provisional IRA Belfast Brigade , was for a long time active in the republican districts on the lower Antrim Road. One of

2412-402: The arts. There are minor honours, allowing a pupil to wear a minor honours tie, (green owls) intermediate honours (blue owls) and major honours (gold owls). In addition, a pupil gaining intermediate honours is entitled to wear a black blazer with maroon braid surrounding a golden school badge. A pupil gaining major honours in sport is entitled to wear a distinctive maroon blazer with blue braid and

2479-497: The banks of the Six Mile Water on the north-east shore of Lough Neagh . It had a population of 25,606 people in the 2021 census . It is the county town of County Antrim and was the administrative centre of Antrim Borough Council until its 2015 merger with Newtownabbey Borough Council to form Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council . The town lies 14 miles (23 km) north-west of Belfast . According to tradition,

2546-511: The conflict known as the Troubles . The area was said to be notorious for the high level of paramilitary activity, especially Republican terrorists. It had previously had a fairly mixed population although the outbreak of the violence saw a significant demographic shift as Protestants moved out, leaving behind a mainly Catholic population in the lower areas of the road. The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA), Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and Ulster Defence Association (UDA) were all active in

2613-539: The early Middle Ages, the area was part of the Gaelic territory of Dál Araide , which covered much of what is now County Antrim . At the eastern edge of town is a ringfort called Rathmore ( Ráth Mór , 'great fort'), which was the royal residence of the kings of Dál Araide. In the late 12th century, the area was conquered by Anglo-Normans led by John de Courcy , becoming part of the Earldom of Ulster . They built

2680-478: The foundation of the school by James Crombie in 1785, the transfer to the present site in 1880 and the approval by Queen Victoria of the designation Belfast Royal Academy in 1888. The school's preparatory department, Ben Madigan Preparatory School, is located on the Antrim Road in the shadow of Cave Hill . Originally opened in 1829, it moved to its current site in 1965. A pre-prep was opened in 1998. When

2747-449: The group wrongly assuming that he was Catholic. On 17 January 1976 they launched a no-warning bomb attack on Sheridan's Bar at New Lodge Road, Belfast. Two Catholic civilians were killed and 26 wounded. This was followed on 5 November 1976 by the shooting of a 15-year-old Catholic civilian as she stood outside a friend's home on Newington Street. She died the following day. It is believed the UVF

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2814-577: The group's earliest attacks in the local area occurred on 29 October 1971 when a Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) officer was killed by a bomb at the police base on the Antrim Road. On 21 July 1972, two Catholic women (Brigid Murray and Margaret O'Hare) and a Protestant teenager (Stephen Parker) were killed when a bomb detonated on Cavehill Road as part of the Bloody Friday bombings when the Provisional IRA exploded 22 bombs across Belfast in

2881-543: The home of Pat Finucane on Fortwilliam Drive, off the Antrim Road and shot him dead. The killing has since been at the centre of allegations regarding collusion between loyalist paramilitaries and the British security forces. The UDA committed two further killings in the area during 1993, killing a Catholic woman at her Fortwilliam Park home on 30 August 1993 and a Catholic man at his home on Newington Avenue on 15 October 1993, with both victims civilians. Their last killing on

2948-481: The loyalist Ballysillan area. The upper section of the Antrim Road in Belfast is variously known as Downview and Bellevue, with both areas mostly made up of large detached and semi-detached private houses. The Somerton Road, which runs alongside the Antrim Road at this part, is the current location of the main synagogue for the Belfast Hebrew Congregation . "Lisbreen", the official residence of

3015-533: The mathematics classroom. In doing so they "declared war against the masters until their requests should be granted". As they expected to be holed up for some time, they had taken a quantity of provisions from the Academy kitchens; further they managed to arm themselves with 5 pistols and a large quantity of gunpowder and shot. A letter, headed “Liberty Hall”, was sent by the students to their masters in which they stated they would not surrender until their demands had been met. The Academy authorities, in an attempt to break

3082-557: The nearby Distillery club also losing their grounds in the violence. The Cavehill Road, which runs Northwest off the Antrim Road, takes its name from Cavehill , a large basaltic hill that dominates the skyline over much of the Antrim Road. The Cavehill Road is itself an interface, separating the traditionally Protestant Westland Road and the Catholic areas known as "Little America" although co-operation between community groups aimed at decreasing tensions has increased. The Westland estate

3149-432: The neighbouring Whitewell Road . Castle High School which was established on the site of Dunlambert Boys Secondary School in 1985 closed in 2009. Several primary schools are found in and around the Antrim Road including Edmund Rice, Holy Family, Currie Primary School, St Therese of Liseux Primary School and Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School. The Antrim Road was the scene of several high-profile attacks and killings during

3216-460: The oldest school in the city of Belfast , Northern Ireland . It is a co-educational , non-denominational voluntary grammar school in north Belfast . The Academy is one of 8 schools in Northern Ireland whose Head is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference . The Academy was founded in 1785 by James Crombie . Originally situated near St Anne's Parish Church in what

3283-592: The residential areas of Glengormley until it reaches Sandyknowes roundabout at which point it diverts into the industrial areas of Mallusk, also passing through the City of Belfast Golf Course. Following Mallusk the Antrim Road enters a mainly rural area in which it is largely parallel to the M2. This continues until the roundabout junction with the Ballyclare Road, when the Antrim Road forms the main thoroughfare through

3350-464: The road came after the collapse of the 1994 Combined Loyalist Military Command ceasefire when, on 1 September 1996 they shot dead a Catholic civilian outside his friend's house on Skegoneill Avenue. Antrim, County Antrim Antrim ( Irish : Aontroim [ˈeːnˠt̪ˠɾˠɪmʲ] , meaning 'lone ridge') is a town and civil parish in County Antrim , Northern Ireland . It lies on

3417-623: The road enters the territory of Newtownabbey Borough Council where it is contained within the Antrim Line area. The seven councillors for this area are Audrey Ball and Paula Bradley of the DUP, Marie Mackessy and Gerard O'Reilly of Sinn Féin, as well as John Blair (APNI), Mark Cosgrove (UUP) and Noreen McClelland (SDLP). Following this the remainder of the road is contained within the Antrim South East area of Antrim Borough Council . The councillors are Sam Dunlop and Roy Thompson of

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3484-431: The school shortly following their punishment. Originally a boys' school, girls were admitted to the secondary level in 1900 but taught separately. Mixed classes were introduced in 1924. The school emblem comprises the rose , the thistle and the shamrock , along with the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom , the Arms of the City of Belfast and those of the province of Ulster . The three significant dates mark

3551-467: The siege, sent workmen to break down the door and pour water down the chimney, without success, as the boys opened fire on them. Finally the Sovereign of Belfast , William Bristow, was summoned, he read the Riot Act to the boys but failed to end the barring out , and one of the boys opened fire on him. The siege ended by negotiation between the governors and the boys soon after; the boys, however, refused to show remorse and were later beaten, all leaving

3618-431: The space of eighty minutes. Shootings between the PIRA and the security forces were regular events in the New Lodge area during the early 1970s and on 4 February 1973 one of these resulted in the deaths of an IRA volunteer and three civilians, were shot dead by British Army snipers. PIRA sniper attacks resulted in the deaths of an RUC officer on 16 October 1973 and a British soldier on 21 March 1974. Both had been on patrol on

3685-407: The village of Templepatrick. After more countryside the road ends at Dunadry, where it changes its name to the Belfast Road. Under various names this road continues as the A6 to Londonderry. The Antrim Road passes through three separate constituencies for UK House of Commons and Northern Ireland Assembly elections i.e. North Belfast, East Antrim and South Antrim. The North Belfast parliament seat

3752-423: The water mains had been broken in 20 places. Victoria Barracks, in the New Lodge area, had been destroyed by a number of direct hits. Burke Street, which ran between Annadale and Dawson streets, was obliterated by bombs, its 20 dwellings flattened and all of the occupants killed. The Ministry of Public Security ordered the killing of 23 animals from the nearby Belfast Zoo as it was feared the air raids would lead to

3819-439: Was divided in two by a fence after clashes between Newington republicans and Shore Road loyalists . The fence remains in place although a gate was added in 2011 permitting limited access from one side to the other. This area of the Antrim Road also hosts Saint Ignatius', a building used by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia , having previously been occupied by the Antiochian Orthodox Church . The Cliftonville Road faces

3886-411: Was killed and another wounded. On 25 September 1974 a further Catholic civilian was killed by the UVF on the Limestone Road. Using the cover name of Protestant Action Force (PAF), the UVF claimed responsibility for blowing up the Christian Brothers Past Pupils Union building on 21 May 1975. This was followed on 17 October the same year by the murder of a Protestant taxi driver on the Cavehill Road, with

3953-402: Was mainly Catholic, many of its leaders and members in northeast Ulster were Protestant Presbyterians . On 7 June 1798, about 4,000 United Irishmen led by Henry Joy McCracken attacked the town. The rebels were on the verge of taking the town until British reinforcements arrived. Thanks to a rebel band led by James Hope , most of the United Irishmen were able to withdraw safely. This is known as

4020-425: Was noted for its Jewish population, with many Russian Jews fleeing persecution settling there in the later nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The synagogue is close to St Malachy's College , a historic Catholic grammar school for boys which has produced several notable alumni . The New Lodge district of Belfast is located to the south of St Malachy's College and centred on the New Lodge Road, which links

4087-457: Was one of the gunmen. UVF activity during the early 1970s helped to earn the road its "murder mile" nickname with a number of killings and attacks carried out by the paramilitary organisation. On 4 June 1972 they shot dead a Catholic civilian at his shop on Annesley Street and nineteen days later they carried out a drive-by shooting on a group of Catholics standing outside a bank at the corner of Antrim Road and Atlantic Avenue. One Catholic civilian

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4154-410: Was opened in 1885. a football stadium of the same name is also located on the Avenue and is the home of the minor league side Brantwood F.C. The ground has also been used by Newington F.C. , an NIFL Championship club that originated in the Newington district but which has led a peripatetic existence due to a lack of a home ground. The area is also the location for Dunmore Park Camp, a facility used by

4221-439: Was previously home to the Shoukri brothers , two dominant figures in the North Belfast Brigade of the UDA who subsequently fell out of favour. Cliftonville Golf Club is also located on Westland Road. The Antrim Road Police Service of Northern Ireland station is located close to the Cavehill Road junction. Nearby is Skegoneill Avenue, the entry to which is marked by the imposing Fortwilliam and Macrory Presbyterian Church, which

4288-410: Was reported during the record cold spell of December 2010. In total during that month 10 nights fell to −10.0 °C (14.0 °F) or below, and the 21st recorded a daytime maximum of just −7.7 °C (18.1 °F) On census day (21 March 2021) there were 25,606 people living in Antrim. Of these: On census day (27 March 2011) there were 23,375 people living in Antrim, accounting for 1.29% of

4355-489: Was responsible. UVF activity in the area tailed off thereafter, apart from the killing of a Catholic civilian in a shop on 1 September 1979 and a further killing by the "Protestant Action Force" on 19 July 1986. However the UVF killed two Catholic civilians on the Antrim Road within the space of three weeks in November 1990, one at his home in Spamount Street in the New Lodge and the other at his Duncairn Gardens workplace. The group's last killing occurred on 17 February 1994 when

4422-431: Was then colonized by English and Scottish settlers as part of the Plantation of Ulster . Hugh Clotworthy, the father of the Anglo-Irish politician John Clotworthy, 1st Viscount Massereene , supervised the building of Antrim Castle , a fortified mansion beside the old Norman motte. Hugh was knighted in 1617 and appointed High Sheriff of County Antrim. In 1642, during the Irish Confederate Wars , Clotworthy's fleet fought

4489-456: Was working at an Antrim Road petrol station. A further RUC officer was killed on 23 June 1987 during another gun attack on the road's police station. On 16 March 1989 the PIRA killed John Irvine , a senior member of the UVF at his home in the Skegoneill area after a unit entered his home and shot him 15 times at close range. Later that same year a civilian was killed on the Cavehill Road in what The Sunday Tribune reported had been an error, with

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