Ballynure (from Irish Baile an Iúir 'homestead of the yews'ⓘ)[1] is a village and civil parish near Ballyclare in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

Ballynure is classified as a massive village or hamlet by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (i.e. with a population between 500 and 10,000 people).

Jonathan Swift, the writer of Gulliver's Travels, was responsible for the Ballynure parish of the Church of Ireland, during his time as prebend of Kilroot.

Twain, who was author of works including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, was described by William Faulkner as 'the father of American literature.'

One of his ancestors, Henry Clements, was Mayor of Carrickfergus in 1696 and another is said to have fought for William of Orange at the Battle of the Boyne six years earlier.