Martinstown, County Antrim
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Martinstown is a small village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Located 8 miles from Ballymena, it is situated in Glenravel, locally known as "The Tenth Glen", alongside the widely known nine Glens of Antrim.
It lies within Borough of Ballymena. It had a population of 345 people (108 households) in the 2011 Census.[1] (2001 Census: 285 people)
The village has many amenities, including a supermarket, primary school, post-office, off-licence and pub (The Glensway).
Transport
- Knockanally railway station (now Martinstown) opened on 5 April 1886, closed for passenger traffic on 1 October 1930 and finally closed altogether on 12 April 1937.[2] It was on the Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway which operated narrow gauge railway services from Ballymena to Parkmore from 1875 to 1940.[3]