Ballymena is a town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 31,205 people at the 2021 Census, making it the seventh largest town in Northern Ireland by population. It is part of the Borough of Mid and East Antrim.
The remains of the 1707 church. The tower was built in 1822 and is a listed building.
Church Street, Ballymena, in the early 1900s
The Northern Counties Committee (NCC) was a railway that served the north-east of Ireland. It was built to Irish gauge but later acquired a number of 914 mm narrow gauge lines. It had its origins in the Belfast and Ballymena Railway which opened to traffic on 11 April 1848.
Class U2 74 Dunluce Castle at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Cultra
B & N C Railway Co. name, at Derry
Midland Railway coat of arms.