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The Braid River, near Ballymena

The Braid River is a river in the borough of Mid and East Antrim, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is a tributary to the River Main. [1] Historically, the valley in which the river flows divided the boundaries between the parishes of Skerry and Rathcavan in the 19th century. [2]

Flowing in a south-easterly direction for the entirety of its course, the river rises in the Antrim Hills and follows the A42 road through Broughshane to Ballygarvey; it then flows through Ballymena before flowing into the River Main near the Tullaghgarley townland. [3]

On 10 February 2018, a five-year-old boy died after falling into the river and being swept four miles downstream. [4] He died in hospital. [5] [6]

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References

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  2. ↑ Reeves, William (1847). Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down, Connor and Dromore, consisting of a Taxation of those Dioceses. Hodges and Smith. p. 345. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  3. ↑ Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland (December 2017). Larne and Ballymena (Map). 1:50,000. Discoverer Series. Land and Property Services. ISBN   9781905306923.
  4. ↑ "Five-year-old boy dies after falling in river in Ballymena". BBC News . 10 February 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  5. ↑ McGonagle, Suzanne (20 February 2018). "Drowning victim's twin says they had gone to 'see the ducks'". The Irish Times . Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  6. ↑ "Police appeal over Kayden Fleck final movements - death 'not suspicious'". Belfast Telegraph . 16 February 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2022.

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