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Ballymoney Town Hall

Ballymoney Town Hall in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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About

Ballymoney Town Hall is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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From the Wikipedia article

Ballymoney Town Hall is a municipal structure in the High Street, Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The structure, which incorporates a local history museum, is a Grade B1 listed building.

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Background

History

The first municipal building in Ballymoney was the market hall in Charlotte Street which was erected on the initiative of Randal William MacDonnell, 6th Earl of Antrim, in 1775. It was the venue for the trials and subsequent executions of several of the United Irishmen during the Irish Rebellion of 1798. In the early 1860s, the new town commissioners, who had been appointed in 1858, decided to procure assembly rooms for the town which would be financed by public subscription: the site they selected was on the west side of the High Street. The new building was designed in the Italianate style, built in red brick at a cost of £1,300 and was completed in August 1866. The area was advanced to…

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Coordinates
55.0716, -6.5183
Address
High Street, Ballymoney
Established
1866

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Ballymoney Town Hall?
Ballymoney Town Hall is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.0716°, -6.5183°.
When was Ballymoney Town Hall built?
Ballymoney Town Hall dates to 1866.