Stranocum

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The village is west of the River Bush and is mostly on the gentle hill down to the river. Although mainly a commuter village it does have some services. These include a supermarket and petrol station, a vehicle service garage, animal feeds mill, trout farm, Bushvalley Primary School and a park.

Transport

Stranocum railway station opened on 18 October 1880, shut for goods traffic on 24 March 1924, and shut altogether on 3 July 1950.[4] It was on the Ballycastle Railway, a narrow gauge railway that ran for Script error: No such module "convert". between Ballycastle and Ballymoney. This was part of the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway (BNCR), later Northern Counties Committee (NCC), main line to Londonderry.[5]

Notable people

References

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  1. Placenames Database of Ireland
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_localities_in_Northern_Ireland_by_population

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