Ballymoney Trivia

Can you answer these questions about the Northern Irish town of Ballymoney?

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Last updated: November 1, 2021

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Hint	Answer
Located in this county	County Antrim
Located in this council area	Causeway Coast and Glens
Meaning of name	Townland on the moor
Population	10,402
Located on this river	Ballymoney
Motorcycling champion grew up here; nicknamed 'King of the Road'	Joey Dunlop
This was built to honour the motorcyclist above	Memorial Garden
Playwright who worked on Canadian Pacific Railway and founded a shipping company	George Shiels
Twentieth century comedian born in town; renowned for being one of the first to confront The Troubles	Jimmy Young
Has the highest what out of any town in the province?	Life expectancy
Has the largest what in any town in the province?	Leisure centre
Oldest surviving building	Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Church
Parliamentary constituency	North Antrim

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Postcode area	BT53
Soft drinks company headquartered here; known for still delivering their product in lorries to people's homes	Maine Soft Drinks
Hosts Ireland's oldest what?	Drama Festival
Agricultural show hosted since 1902	Ballymoney Festival
Manx capital the town is twinned with	Douglas
Ballymoney is the smallest town in Northern Ireland to have what?	A population over 10,000
Football team; part of Ballymena and Provincial Football League	Ballymoney United FC
Football team; also part of Ballymena and Provincial Football League	Glebe Rangers FC
Home ground for both teams	Riada Stadium
Atrocity carried out in 1998 following Good Friday Agreement in Carnany Estate; condemned passionately by US Senator Ted Kennedy	Quinn brothers' killings
Second largest local newspaper in Northern Ireland	The Ballymoney Chronicle
Railway company which served the town prior to nationalisation in 1948	Northern Counties Committee(LMS)
Narrow gauge railway which served town until closure in 1950	Ballycastle Railway