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Carnmoney (from Irish Carn Monaidh 'cairn of the bog' ⓘ) is the name of a townland (of 456 acres), [1] electoral ward and a civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Carnmoney is within the urban area of Newtownabbey, in the Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council area.
Carnmoney Hill sits at 207 metres above sea level and is steeped in history and folklore. Its name comes from the Irish Carn Monaidh, meaning ‘cairn of the hill’. There was likely to have been a cairn or stone pile on the hilltop which could place human influence on Carnmoney Hill as far back as the Bronze Age, two thousand years ago.
1 day ago · Hezbollah’s leader for the past 32 years, Hassan Nasrallah, has been killed in an Israeli air strike on Lebanon’s capital Beirut on Friday evening. Ali Karki, the commander of Hezbollah’s ...
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Carnmoney, as a settlement, grew up around a holy well (still visible in the current Church of Ireland grounds), Glas-na-bradan river and Carnmoney Hill. The area became a Norman borough known as Coole or Le Coule, the borough was wrecked several times during subsequent English/Irish/Scots battles and nothing is left. Le Coule was on the site of th...
There are seven schools in Carnmoney, all at primary level, run by the Education Authority. 1. Ashgrove Primary School 2. Carnmoney Primary School 3. St Bernard's Primary School (Also run by the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS)) 4. St Mary's on the Hill (Also run by the CCMS) 5. St. McNissis Primary School (Also run by the CCMS) 6. Mo...
The last UK census in 2001 showed Carnmoney had a population of 2,765. However the 2008 estimate is much higher due to major sub-urbanisation in Belfast. 1. 18.1% were under 16 and 22.3% was over the age of 60. 2. 47.5% of the population of Carnmoney were male and 52.5% were female. 3. 13% of people were from a Roman Catholic background and 83.3% w...
Carnmoney Hill
Carnmoney Hill is a northern outlier of the Belfast Hills chain and rises 232 m (761 ft) above Newtownabbey, and thus it can be seen from northern County Down, Belfast Lough, the M2 and M5 motorways and Belfast City. The eastern side is mainly covered by ancient woodland with semi-natural grasslands and other habitats interspersed, e.g. scrubland and bracken. The hill top has a volcanic cap yet the slopes are mainly of limestone and flint, joining mudstones at the coastal belt below. The Wood...
Carnmoney Cemetery
Carnmoney cemetery is well known throughout Belfast. It is a large cemetery split into two main sections on the east and west sides of Prince Charles Way. A Cross of Sacrifice was erected in the cemetery after the First World War. There are 46 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 44 of the Second World Warhere. The cemetery has been the source of much controversy in recent years. In 2006 14 graves were damaged by vandals with floral tributes and ornaments being smashed on the grave...
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1 day ago · Hezbollah confirmed the death of Hassan Nasrallah but vowed its fight with Israel would continue. Sky's John Sparks breaks down the significance of the IDF's fatal strike on the head of the ...
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