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Ballycastle ()〔(Placenames Database of Ireland )〕 is a small town in County Antrim in Northern Ireland. The town is located on the north-easternmost coastal tip of Northern Ireland at the northern mainland limit of the Antrim Coast and Glens Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Rathlin Island and the Mull of Kintyre in Scotland can be viewed from the coastline. The Lammas Fair is held each year on the last Monday and Tuesday of August. Ballycastle is the home of the Corrymeela Community. It is the seat and main settlement of Moyle District Council and forms part of the North Antrim constituency. Its elected MP is Ian Paisley Jr. ==Demography== Ballycastle is classified as a small town by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.〔(Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency website )〕 On 29 April 2001 2001 Census the population of Ballycastle was 5,089, of these: * 25.3% were aged under 16 years and 18.7% were aged 60 and over * 46.8% of the population were male and 53.2% were female * 77.7% were from a Catholic background and 20.5% were from a Protestant background * 6.5% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ballycastle, County Antrim」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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