Ballyhackamore

Ballyhackamore
Irish: *Baile an Chacamair*
Ballyhackamore Irish: Baile an Chacamair;
	Ballyhackamore Location within County Down
County	County Down;
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Belfast
Postcode district	BT4 and BT5
Dialling code	028
Police	Northern Ireland
Fire	Northern Ireland
Ambulance	Northern Ireland
UK Parliament	East Belfast;
NI Assembly	East Belfast;

Ballyhackamore (Irish: Baile an Chacamair, meaning "townland of the slob land or mud flat")[1] is a townland in County Down, Northern Ireland, it is a suburb of Belfast located on the Upper Newtownards Road. It is also a ward in the UK Parliamentary constituency of East Belfast.

The Sunday Times named Ballyhackamore the Brunch Capital of Belfast in a 2018 article on the Best Places to live in Britain. The neighbourhood is the location of several restaurants and cafés as well as a range of local and national shops.[2][3]

Transport

Ballyhackamore is served by the Translink Glider G1 service. In addition Metro and Ulsterbus services stop here.[4]

Places of note

Cyprus Avenue, a residential street and conservation area[5] which lent its name to the Van Morrison song, Cyprus Avenue
Neill's Hill railway station a former halt on the Belfast and County Down Railway line.
Kincora Boys' Home, a home for boys that was the scene of serious organised abuse.
Bloomfield Collegiate School, an Independent Grammar School for girls.

Notable people

Joe Bratty, loyalist paramilitary, lived in Ballyhackamore at the time of his death.
Judith Cochrane, politician, had a constituency office in Ballyhackamore.
Ian Geddes Davidson, Irish rugby union player was born in Ballyhackamore.
Gemma Garrett, former Miss Great britain attended Bloomfield Collegiate.[6]
Christine Lampard, TV broadcaster, attended Bloomfield Collegiate[7]
Joan Lingard, Scottish novelist, grew up and lived in Ballyhackamore until the age of 18.
Naomi Long, leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland attended Bloomfield Collegiate.
Paddy O'Flaherty, broadcaster and journalist.
Elaine Shemilt fine art printmaker attended Bloomfield Collegiate.
Denis Shuttleworth Local civil engineer attended Ashfield Boys'.

In popular culture

Ballyhackamore – "Town of the big horses”, an NVTV television programme
Cyprus Avenue, a Van Morrison song

References

"Place Names NI - Home". www.placenamesni.org.
"Five Northern Ireland Locations Named Among the Sunday Times Best Places to Live 2018". lovebelfast.co.uk. 16 March 2018.
"The best place to live in the UK in 2018". theweek.co.uk.
"Translink". www.translink.co.uk.
"Cyprus Avenue Conservation Area | Planning Portal". www.planningni.gov.uk. 9 November 2006.
"People thought Gemma Garrett looked great as Miss GB, but she was 'binge drinking, going on crash diets and so unhealthy'". Belfast Telegraph.
Smith, Ryan (28 March 2017). "Which Belfast schools did these celebrities go to?". belfastlive. Retrieved 6 July 2018.

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[1] "Place Names NI - Home". www.placenamesni.org.

[2] "Five Northern Ireland Locations Named Among the Sunday Times Best Places to Live 2018". lovebelfast.co.uk. 16 March 2018.

[3] "The best place to live in the UK in 2018". theweek.co.uk.

[4] "Translink". www.translink.co.uk.

[5] "Cyprus Avenue Conservation Area | Planning Portal". www.planningni.gov.uk. 9 November 2006.

[6] "People thought Gemma Garrett looked great as Miss GB, but she was 'binge drinking, going on crash diets and so unhealthy'". Belfast Telegraph.

[belfastlive-1-7] Smith, Ryan (28 March 2017). "Which Belfast schools did these celebrities go to?". belfastlive. Retrieved 6 July 2018.