Broughshane
 
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Location in Northern Ireland
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Broughshane ( Irish Bruach Sheáin ) is a village in the District of Mid and East Antrim in the historic County of Antrim in Northern Ireland . It is about 5 kilometers northeast of Ballymena on the A42. In the 2001 Census , Broughshane had a population of 2364 people. Of these, 4.9% were Roman Catholic, while 93.5% had a Protestant background.
Broughshane is also known as the Garden Village of Ulster, winner of the Ulster in Bloom , Britain in Bloom and Europe in Bloom competitions.
It was the home of the ancestors of Sir George Stuart White , hero of the Siege of Ladysmith , to whom a memorial was erected in the local church square.
According to legend, Saint Patrick cursed the city when none of the residents wanted to help him escape from Mount Slemish , where he was kept as a slave.
Dolmen
Ticloy (also called "The Stone House") is probably a strongly disrupted mixture between a court and a portal tomb . It is located near Broughshane on the southern slope of Ticloy Hill, overlooking the Braid River Valley.
Individual evidence
- ^ Area Profile of Broughshane - Based on 2001 Census at NINIS - Northern Ireland Neighborhood Information Service (accessed September 6, 2011).
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Coordinates: 54 ° 54 ′ N , 6 ° 12 ′ W