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{{short description|Village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
|official_name= Ballycarry
|irish_name= Baile Cora <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.logainm.ie/en/135716 |title=Baile Cora/Ballycarry |last= |first= |date= |website=Placenames Database of Ireland |publisher=Placenames Commission |access-date=October 17, 2024 |quote=}}</ref>
|scots_name= Ballycarrie<ref>[http://www.northsouthministerialcouncil.org/nsmc_annual_report_-_ulster-scots_version_(pdf_234mb).pdf North-South Ministerial Council: 2005 Annual Report in Ulster Scots] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111222171954/http://www.northsouthministerialcouncil.org/nsmc_annual_report_-_ulster-scots_version_%28pdf_234mb%29.pdf |date=2011-12-22 }}</ref>
|local_name=
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|irish_grid_reference=
| population = 981
| population_ref =
|unitary_northern_ireland=[[Mid and East Antrim Borough Council|Mid and East Antrim]]
|lieutenancy_northern_ireland=[[County Antrim]]
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|constituency_ni_assembly=[[East Antrim (Assembly constituency)|East Antrim]]
|country= Northern Ireland
|historic_county=
|post_town= CARRICKFERGUS
|postcode_area= BT
|postcode_district= BT38
|dial_code= 028
|website=
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'''Ballycarry''' ({{Irish derived place name|Baile
==Archaeology==
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Ballycarry has a vibrant community association, which succeeded in attracting funding for a modern community centre in the village in 2001. The Association includes representatives from all local groups in the village including the three local churches, sports clubs, fraternities and social groups. In 2009 many events were held in Ballycarry to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the community being established in 1609.
== Notable people ==▼
*[[James Orr (poet)|James Orr]], known as the Bard of Ballycarry, was the foremost of the Ulster [[Weaver Poets]], and was writing contemporaneously with [[Robert Burns]]. He was one of many Ulster Presbyterians who fled to America after taking part in the ill-fated United Irish Rising in 1798. He returned to Ballycarry under an amnesty and died in the village in 1816. An imposing monument to Orr, erected by local Freemasons in 1831, is sited in the adjacent Templecorran cemetery. In 2011 a tourist trail, the Weaver's Trail, was officially launched in Orr's honour by the Mayor of Larne, Cllr. Bobby McKee MBE, and was supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.<ref>Ballycarry - Co Antrim - Home of Poet James Orr http://www.weavers-trail.co.uk/poems-of-orr-passengers {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029192420/http://www.weavers-trail.co.uk/poems-of-orr-passengers |date=29 October 2013 }}</ref>▼
*Rev. [[Edward Brice]], the first Presbyterian minister in Ireland, came to Ballycarry in 1613 and ministered in the Templecorran Church, now in ruins. He was originally from Stirlingshire in Scotland and was brought to the village by William Edmondstone, who settled there in 1609. Brice was one of several Scottish clergymen who were forbidden to preach by the Established Church authorities in the 1630s.▼
*[[General (United Kingdom)|General]] [[James Steele (British Army officer)|Sir James Steele]], who was born in Ballycarry, was the [[British Army]] officer who signed the mobilisation order to take the [[United Kingdom]] to war with [[Nazi Germany]] in 1939. He later played a part in the [[Dunkirk evacuation]] in 1940 and the [[Normandy landings]] in 1944. A memorial on the village green highlights his military achievements, his connection with the [[Royal Ulster Rifles]] and his love of Ballycarry.▼
*The late [[Michelin Guide|Michelin Star]] chef [[Robbie Millar]] was from Ballycarry.▼
== Education ==
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== 2001 Census ==
Ballycarry is classified as a small village or hamlet by the [
*23.1% were aged under 16 years and 15.1% were aged 60 and over
*50.2% of the population were male and 49.9% were female
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*3.8% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed
▲== Notable people ==
{{See also|Category:People from Ballycarry}}
▲*[[James Orr (poet)|James Orr]], known as the Bard of Ballycarry, was the foremost of the Ulster [[Weaver Poets]], and was writing contemporaneously with [[Robert Burns]]. He was one of many Ulster Presbyterians who fled to America after taking part in the ill-fated United Irish Rising in 1798. He returned to Ballycarry under an amnesty and died in the village in 1816. An imposing monument to Orr, erected by local Freemasons in 1831, is sited in the adjacent Templecorran cemetery. In 2011 a tourist trail, the Weaver's Trail, was officially launched in Orr's honour by the Mayor of Larne, Cllr. Bobby McKee MBE, and was supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.<ref>Ballycarry - Co Antrim - Home of Poet James Orr http://www.weavers-trail.co.uk/poems-of-orr-passengers {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029192420/http://www.weavers-trail.co.uk/poems-of-orr-passengers |date=29 October 2013 }}</ref>
▲*Rev. [[Edward Brice]], the first Presbyterian minister in Ireland, came to Ballycarry in 1613 and ministered in the Templecorran Church, now in ruins. He was originally from Stirlingshire in Scotland and was brought to the village by William Edmondstone, who settled there in 1609. Brice was one of several Scottish clergymen who were forbidden to preach by the Established Church authorities in the 1630s.
▲*[[General (United Kingdom)|General]] [[James Steele (British Army officer)|Sir James Steele]], who was born in Ballycarry, was the [[British Army]] officer who signed the mobilisation order to take the [[United Kingdom]] to war with [[Nazi Germany]] in 1939. He later played a part in the [[Dunkirk evacuation]] in 1940 and the [[Normandy landings]] in 1944. A memorial on the village green highlights his military achievements, his connection with the [[Royal Ulster Rifles]] and his love of Ballycarry.
▲*The late [[Michelin Guide|Michelin Star]] chef [[Robbie Millar]] was from Ballycarry.
== References ==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.ballycarrycommunity.co.uk/ Ballycarry Community Association]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051229010908/http://www.ulsterscotsagency.com/ulsterscotAug05no5.asp The Story of the Broadisland Gathering]
{{County Antrim}}
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