Baile Raghnaill

Baile Raghnaill (Raghnal's town) derives from the Irish personal name Raghnaill, the Irish form of Randal, with baile meaning 'town' or 'townland.' The name was officially conferred in 1667 when the settlement received the status of a free borough, honouring Randal MacDonnell, 1st Marquess of Antrim, whose family controlled much of north Antrim through Scottish-Irish connections. Before this, t...