Ballyboley (Ballycor)

Ballyboley Irish: Baile na Buaile
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County	County Antrim
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Northern Ireland
Fire	Northern Ireland
Ambulance	Northern Ireland
List of places UK Northern Ireland Antrim 54°48′19″N5°57′39″W / 54.8052°N 5.96095°W / 54.8052; -5.96095

Ballyboley is a townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland in the barony of Antrim Upper. ^[1]

Name origin

Ballyboley is derived from the Irish Baile na Buaile, meaning the townland of the summer milking place, referencing the practice of moving cattle to a mountain pasture during the summer months, known as booleying in Hiberno-English. ^[2]

Ballyboley Forest

Ballyboley Forest was planted in 1957 ^[3] and is maintained by the Northern Ireland Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs.

The site is reputedly haunted. ^[4]

References

1. "Ballyboley Townland" . Retrieved 19 August 2025.
2. "Ballyboley, County Antrim". PlacenamesNI.org. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
3. "Ballyboley Forest". NI Direct. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
4. Rear, Jack (20 October 2020). "11 of Britain's spookiest woodland spots for a Halloween walk". The Telegraph. Retrieved 19 August 2025.