Where is Randalstown?

Randalstown is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.7460°, -6.3060°.

Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland

Randalstown

Also known as: Baile Raghnaill, Contae Aontroma, Baile Raghnail

Randalstown in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit: 1 h–2 h

Randalstown 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

Randalstown (Irish: Baile Raghnaill) is a small town and townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, between Antrim and Toome. The town, which contains a prominent disused railway viaduct, lies beside Lough Neagh and the Shane's Castle estate. Randalstown is bypassed by the M22 motorway with junctions at both the eastern and western ends of the town. It had a population of 5,151 people in the 2021 census.

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Background

History

The townland of Randalstown was originally known as An Dún Mór ("the great fort"), anglicised as Dunmore. This refers to a medieval motte-and-bailey castle built by the Irish on the west bank of the river Main just south of the town. A castle known as Edenduffcarrick, later Shane's Castle, was built near Randalstown in the 14th century by the O'Neills of Clannaboy. From at least the 1650s the town was known as "Iron Mills" (Muilinn Iarainn in Irish, anglicised "Mullynieren"). Dunmore Park was used as a training camp for the Ulster Volunteers during the Irish Home Rule crisis. Randalstown has a strong history of linen and iron industries. A memorial to this history is in the middle of the…

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