Lower Town

Lower Town is a suburb in Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland. Lower Town is situated nearby to the suburb Upper Town, as well as near Moyle.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bonamargy Friary and Dunaneeny Castle.

Bonamargy Friary

Archaeological site

Photo: JohnArmagh, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bonamargy Friary is situated in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, off the Cushendall Road on the approach to Ballycastle. The name Bonamargy means ‘foot of the Margy River’, the river formed by the joining of the Cary River and Shesk Rivers.

Dunaneeny Castle

Castle

Dunaneeny Castle is a ruined castle on the outskirts of Ballycastle in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The castle was home to the chiefs of Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg and later the MacDonnells of Antrim.

Ballycastle Museum

Museum

Photo: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ballycastle and Ballyvoy.

Ballycastle

Photo: Adam Bishop, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ballycastle is a fishing port and beach resort in County Antrim in Northern Ireland. Those counties are no longer units of government so the town is now in Causeway Coast and Glens District, and in 2021 had a population of 5600.

Ballyvoy

Village

Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ballyvoy is a small village and townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is on the main A2 coast road 5 km east of Ballycastle and 17 km north west of Cushendall. Ballyvoy is situated 2 miles east of Lower Town.

Ballintoy

Village

Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ballintoy is a small village, townland and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is alongside the B15 coast road, 28 km north-east of Coleraine, eight kilometres west of Ballycastle and between it and Bushmills. Ballintoy is situated 5 miles northwest of Lower Town.

Lower Town

Type: Suburb
Category: locality
Location: Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.20505° or 55° 12′ 18″ north

Longitude

-6.2396° or 6° 14′ 23″ west

Open location code

9C7M6Q46+25

OpenStreetMap ID

node 14266026076

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

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