Islandmagee
Islandmagee is a peninsula and civil parish on the east coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland, located between the towns of Larne and Whitehead. It is part of the Mid and East Antrim Borough Council area and is a sparsely populated rural community with a history since the Mesolithic period.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peninsula
- Description: human settlement in Northern Ireland
- Also known as: “Magee Peninsula”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Magheramorne railway station.
Magheramorne railway station
Railway stop
Photo: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Magheramorne railway station serves Magheramorne in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The station was opened on 1 October 1862. Originally it was the site for the loading of aggregate trains, with the last one running in the 1970s. Magheramorne railway station is situated 1½ miles southwest of Islandmagee.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Magheramorne and Larne.
Magheramorne
Locality
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Magheramorne is a small village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is about 5 miles south of Larne on the shores of Larne Lough. It had a population of 228 people in the 2021 census. Magheramorne is situated 1½ miles west of Islandmagee.
Larne
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Larne is a port in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The main reason to come is for the ferry link from Scotland, but the town is close to the Antrim Glens.
Glenoe
Village
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Glenoe or Gleno is a hamlet in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is halfway between Larne and Carrickfergus. In the 2001 census, it had a population of 87 people. Glenoe is in the Mid and East Antrim Borough Council area. Glenoe is situated 4½ miles southwest of Islandmagee.
Islandmagee
- Category: landform
- Location: Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Scottish Gaelic—“Islandmagee” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Islandmagee”
- French: “Islandmagee”
- German: “Islandmagee”
- Irish: “Oileán Mhic Aodha”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Islandmagee”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Islandmagee”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Oileán Mhic Aodha”
- Portuguese: “Island Magee”
- Portuguese: “Islandmagee”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Oileán Mhic Aodha”
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Highlights include Larne Lough and Portmuck Bay.
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