Bushmills

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Bushmills
Muileann na Buaise

Location

WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates:
55Â°12â€²13â€³N 6Â°31â€²24â€³Wï»¿ / ï»¿55.2037, -6.5232

Statistics

Province: Ulster

County: County Antrim

District: Moyle District

UK Parliament: North Antrim

European Parliament: Northern Ireland

Dialling code: 028, +44 28

Post town: Bushmills

Postal district(s): BT57

Population (2001) 1,319

Bushmills

Bushmills (in Irish: Muileann na Buaise) is a very small town on the north coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Bushmills had 1,319 inhabitants in the 2001 Census and is 95 km from Belfast, 10 km from Ballycastle and 15 km from Coleraine. The town's name is derived from the River Bush, one of Northern Ireland's salmon rivers.

1 Demographics 2 Places of interest 3 Transport 4 Twin Towns 5 References 6 See also 7 External links

[edit] Demographics

Bushmills is classified as a village by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (ie with a population between 1,000 and 2,250 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 1,319 people living in Bushmills. Of these:

19.9% were aged under 16 and 22.1% were aged 60 and over 49.2% of the population were male and 50.8% were female 2.2% were from a Catholic background and 97.0% were from a Protestant background 8.1% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed.

For more details see: NI Neighbourhood Information Service

[edit] Places of interest

The village is best known as the location of the Old Bushmills Distillery, founded in 1608, which is the oldest licensed distillery in the world. The distillery is the only Irish distillery using 100% malted barley in its whiskies, in a range which includes Bushmills Original, Black Bush and a range of malts, including the Bushmills 12 year old malt. Giant's Causeway, located 2 miles (3 km) north.

[edit] Transport

Bushmills railway station opened on 28 January 1883, but finally closed on 1 October 1949.^[1] See also: The Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Railway

[edit] Twin Towns

Bushmills is twinned with:^[2]

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

[edit] References

^ "Bushmills station". Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved on 2007-09-13. ^ "Sister Cities Online Directory: UK, Europe." Sister Cities International, Inc.. Retrieved on March 26, 2007.

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