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Ballymoney
Homestead of the bog
Ballymoney occupies a peatland settlement established in County Antrim by Sir Randal MacDonnell following the Nine Years War, when Scottish Lowland settlers were brought to the region in the early 17th century. The townland had prior medieval structures: an account from 1556 records a bishop's house combined with a castle and church, though this complex was destroyed during the Irish Rebellion ...

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