Ballycraigy

Ballycraigy (from Irish Baile na Creige, meaning 'townland of the rock'ⓘ)[1] is a townland and housing estate in Antrim town, Northern Ireland.

Every Eleventh of July, many Protestants celebrate by lighting a bonfire in the centre of the estate.

[4] In 2007 there was a legal threat over the inclusion of hundreds of tyres in the bonfire with the fear that excessive toxic fumes would be emitted; however it was not possible to establish who had been involved in placing them there, and the bonfire was allowed to go ahead.

[5] On the Ballycraigy estate is a memorial garden dedicated to Billy Wright, leader of the Loyalist Volunteer Force paramilitary organisation.

One is in Larne and is the site of Ballycraigy Manor, a country house with a tower and battlements built in 1869, the residence of James Chaine,[7] a businessman involved in shipping and a Conservative Party politician.

Ballycraigy Bonfire Entrance to Ballycraigy housing estate in Antrim with the famed 11th of July bonfire ready to be lit.