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Dunloy
Sign in to saveDunloy () is a village and townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is located north of Ballymena and north-west is Ballymoney. It is located in the civil parish of Finvoy, in the former barony of Kilconway. The village had a population of 1,150 people in the 2021 Census.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Dunloy is referenced by 280 other articles, and connects out to Orange Order, list of sovereign states and Northern Ireland.
It sits within the topics Civil parish of Finvoy and Villages in County Antrim.
Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Dunloy
- Region
- Northern Ireland / Tuaisceart Éireann
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,091
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Dunloy
- UK place.irish_name
- Dún Lathaí
- UK place.static_image_name
- Main Street Dunloy - geograph.org.uk - 825874.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Main Street
- UK place.map_type
- Northern Ireland
- UK place.population
- 1,150
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 Census)
- UK place.country
- Northern Ireland
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- North Antrim
- UK place.constituency_ni_assembly
- North Antrim
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 1194
- Image
- Main Street Dunloy - geograph.org.uk - 825874.jpg
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- Dunloy
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- history of Finland
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- Dún Lathaí
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Dunloy () is a village and townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is located north of Ballymena and north-west is Ballymoney. It is located in the civil parish of Finvoy, in the former barony of Kilconway. The village had a population of 1,150 people in the 2021 Census.
==History== Dunloy lies in the ancient Irish district of "Killimorrie", which is now known as Killymurris. Killymurris is claimed as being derived from the Irish Coill Ui Mhuireadhaigh meaning "the wood of Murry". An alternate origin given for Killymurris is that it derives from Choill Mhuiris meaning "the wood of Morris".
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