Billy, County Antrim

Billy (Irish: Bile)[1] is a civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It spans the historic baronies of Cary and Dunluce Lower, and is approximately 26 square miles (67 km2) in area.[2] According to the Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, published by Samuel Lewis in 1837, it then had approximately 5800 inhabitants.[3]

Straidbilly Primary School, Billy, County Antrim

See also

References
  1. "Bile / Billy". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Database. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  2. "Civil Parish of Billy, Co. Antrim". townlands.ie. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  3. Lewis, Samuel (1837). Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. Lewis.


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