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Ballygally
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Ideally located on
the scenic Antrim coast only 20 miles from Belfast and 30 miles from
Belfast International Airport, the tiny village of Ballygally faces
the soft, sandy beaches of Ballygally Bay and is an ideal base for
touring.
The village boasts its very own resident ghost, Isabella Shaw, wife
of James Shaw who built the local castle as a stronghold in 1625.
The original castle was built in the style of a French chateau by
Shaw, a native of Greenock in Scotland who rented the land from the
Earl of Antrim.
The castle stayed in
the Shaw family until they lost their lands and wealth in the early
1880s. The castle was occupied as a coastguard station and then
again as a private residence before being bought in the 1950s by
Cyril Lord who refurbished it as a hotel. The Hastings Hotel Group
bought it from Lord in 1966 The castle is now a fine hotel,
overlooking Ballygally’s fine sandy beach, popular with visitors and
locals alike. |
Ballygally Holiday Homes - County Antrim, Ireland