Islandmagee
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Islandmagee is a peninsula and civil parish on the east coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland, located between the towns of Larne and Whitehead. It is part of the Mid and East Antrim Borough Counci
Cottages near Browns Bay, Islandmagee, in 2006
The Scotland-Northern Ireland Pipeline is a 24 in, 135 km long natural gas pipeline which runs from Twynholm, Scotland to Islandmagee in Northern Ireland. The SNIP is owned by Mutual Energy.
Islandmagee
…period it was known as Semne, a petty-kingdom within Ulaid. It is the site of Northern Ireland's main power station Ballylumford and the endpoint of the Scotland-Northern Ireland gas pipeline. The name comes from Mac Aodha (Magee) a prominent Irish family in the area. An earlier Irish name was Rinn Seimhne (peninsula of (the district of…
Ballylumford Power Station. The CCGT "C" station in the background is the biggest customer of SNIP gas.