Dunloy

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Dunloy (in Irish: Dún Lathaí, ie fort of the muddy place/marsh) is a village in northern County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is situated between Ballymena, 18 kilometres to the south and Ballymoney, 10 kilometres to the north west. It had a population of 1,071 people in the 2001 Census, an increase of 21 % compared to 1991. It is within the Ballymoney Borough Council area.

The village's most striking building is the modern Roman Catholic church. The Village Inn and a shop and bakery sit at the village centre. Just outside the village on the Bridge Road is the Bridge Bar which has been an institution in the area for over a century.

Shops and services are concentrated around the crossroads in the centre of the village. Two regeneration projects, undertaken with assistance from the International Fund for Ireland’s Urban Development Programme, have improved the physical fabric of the village creating new commercial and residential accommodation. A number of larger commercial businesses have also become established in Dunloy providing valuable local employment.

1 Sport
2 Recent history
- 2.1 The Troubles
3 2001 Census
4 References
5 External links
6 See also

[edit] Sport

Dunloy has a very successful Gaelic Athletic Club. Dunloy's hurling team has left its mark on the club game in Ireland by appearing in many All Ireland semi-finals and the final in 1996. On the 7th October Dunloy defeated their rival Loughguile to win the Antrim Championship.

[edit] Recent history

There have been many attacks on the local Orange Hall. On July 12, 2005, local residents blocked the road in an attempt to prevent the Orange Order from marching through the village. The Orange Order have refused to speak to local residents regarding the issue of parades in the village.

[edit] The Troubles

For more information see The Troubles in Dunloy, which includes a list of incidents in Dunloy during the Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities.

[edit] 2001 Census

Dunloy is classified as a village by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (ie with population between 1,000 and 2,250 people. On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 1,071 people living in Dunloy. Of these:

31.4% were aged under 16 and 11.1% were aged 60 and over
48.7% of the population were male and 51.3% were female
97.1% were from a Catholic background and 2.9% were from a Protestant background
2.9% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed.
For more details see: NI Neighbourhood Information Service