Carnmoney

Carnmoney (from Irish Carn Monaidh 'cairn of the bog'ⓘ) is the name of a townland (of 456 acres),[1] electoral ward and a civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

Bits of the Old Irish Highway, an old route from Carrick to Antrim passing through the Norman borough, are still visible running alongside the current O'Neill Road.

She was called a "Wise-woman" in the area and had been hired by a local farmer to lift a "curse" he believed had possessed one of his cows.

The day after she had supposedly lifted the spell, the farmer, his wife and his son were found dead in their home.

The affair was the topic of much talk in Belfast and its surrounding villages, however Butters was discharged from the Spring Assizes in Carrickfergus by proclamation.

The eastern side is mainly covered by ancient woodland with semi-natural grasslands and other habitats interspersed, e.g. scrubland and bracken.

The hill top has a volcanic cap yet the slopes are mainly of limestone and flint, joining mudstones at the coastal belt below.

[9] There are a variety of habitats including floral meadows, wetland patches, shrub land, old hedgerows, copses, mixed ash woods, and semi natural woodland.

The grazed lands tend not to have many wildlife species however they add to the hills landscape patchwork when seen from afar.

It is a large cemetery split into two main sections on the east and west sides of Prince Charles Way.

Carnmoney
Much of Carnmoney Hill is covered by woodland.
The view of Belfast by night, from Carnmoney Hill (fireworks from the New Years celebrations can clearly be seen in the skies above Belfast's SSE Arena )
Police patrol Carnmoney cemetery before Cemetery Sunday