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Portmuck
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Portmuck harbour in 2007
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Portmuck
Location within Northern Ireland
County
Country Northern Ireland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Postcode district BT40
Dialling code 028
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland
Antrim
54°50′51″N5°43′38″W / 54.8475°N 5.7272°W / 54.8475; -5.7272

Portmuck (from Irish Port Muc, meaning 'port/harbour of pigs') [1] is a townland of 235 acres in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the civil parish of Islandmagee and the historic barony of Belfast Lower. [2]

The townland has given its name to a little island just off the coast called Isle of Muck, [1] which is a nature reserve.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Portmuck". Place Names NI. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  2. "Portmuck". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 4 May 2015.