Ballygally Castle

Ballygally derives from Irish Baile Geithligh, meaning "Geithleach's townland," with baile denoting a settlement or townland and Geithligh referring to a person named Geithleach. The castle itself stands as a landmark of Ulster Plantation history, built in 1625 by James Shaw of Greenock, a Scottish settler who obtained a sub-lease of the land from Randal MacDonnell, 1st Earl of Antrim, for an a...