Broughshane

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Broughshane
Irish: Bruach Sheáin
Garden Village of Ulster
Church and gate in Broughshane
Broughshane shown within Northern Ireland
Population	2,364 (2001 Census)
- Belfast	24 miles (39 km) SSE
- London	344 miles (554 km) SE
District	Ballymena Borough
County	County Antrim
Constituent country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BALLYMENA
Postcode district	BT42
Dialling code	028
Police	Northern Ireland
Fire	Northern Ireland
Ambulance	Northern Ireland
European Parliament	Northern Ireland
UK Parliament	North Antrim
List of places: UK • Northern Ireland • Antrim

Coordinates: 54°53′37″N 6°12′22″W / 54.893611, -6.206111

Broughshane (in Irish: Bruach Sheáin, i.e. Shane’s dwelling) is a village within the Ballymena Borough Council area, in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is situated 3.5 miles (5.6 km) northeast of Ballymena and 13.8 miles (22.2 km) north of Antrim, on the A42 road. It had a population of 2,364 people at the 2001 Census.

The quaint pub, The Thatch Inn, has a thatched roof and is a Grade A listed building. It was originally a planter’s house. The local Masonic Lodge used to meet upstairs in The Thatch. Now a Masonic Hall built in 1904 stands next to the pub.

Broughshane is known as the Garden Village of Ulster. In 1994 the village was the winner of Ulster in Bloom, Britain in Bloom and Europe in Bloom. In 2007 the village was named as overall winner of the Britain in Bloom awards. ^[1]

[edit] Notable people

Broughshane was the ancestral home of Sir George White VC, the most decorated soldier in the British Army and the hero of the Siege of Ladysmith. There is a memorial in the Presbyterian Church graveyard.
His son, Captain James Robert "Jack" White, co-founded and drilled the Irish Citizen Army before the Easter Rising of 1916 and later went on to fight the Fascist Regime in the Spanish Civil War
James Nesbitt, a well known actor was born in this town.

[edit] 2001 Census

Broughshane is classified as an intermediate settlement by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (ie with a population between 2,250 and 4,500 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 2,364 people living in Broughshane. Of these:

19.3% were aged under 16 and 23.6% were aged 60 and over
48.6% of the population were male and 51.4% were female
4.9% were from a Catholic background and 93.5% were from a Protestant background
2.8% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed.

For more details see: NI Neighbourhood Information Service