A brief glimpse into the past

Team, Place & City Details

Ballyclare Comrades F.C.

Ballyclare Comrades Football Club is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the NIFL Championship. The club hails from Ballyclare, County Antrim and plays its home matches at Dixon Park.

Knockbreda F.C.

Knockbreda Football Club is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the NIFL Championship. They hail from Belfast and play their home matches at Breda Park, on the Upper Braniel Road located in the east of the city.

Ballyclare
Ballyclare

Ballyclare is a small town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 9,953 according to the 2011 census, and is located within the Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council area.

Ballyclare High School

Ballyclare High School is a co-educational, non-denominational grammar school in Ballyclare, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. There are approximately 1,200 pupils at the school, taught by around 80 teachers.

Ballyclare Secondary School
Ballyclare Secondary School

Ballyclare Secondary School is a co-educational school in Ballyclare, County Antrim. It caters for ages 11–19 and was established in 1961.

Ballyclare railway station
Ballyclare railway station

Ballyclare railway station was on the Ballymena and Larne Railway which ran from Ballymena to Larne in Northern Ireland.

Ballyclare Junction railway station
Ballyclare Junction railway station

Ballyclare Junction railway station was on the Belfast and Ballymena Railway which ran from Belfast to Ballymena in Northern Ireland. Despite the name, the physical junction for the branch line to Ballyclare was located a short distance along the line in the Antrim direction, at Kingsbog Junction.

Ballyclare May Fair

The Ballyclare May Fair is a horse fair which is held annually in May at Ballyclare, in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The annual event attracts up to 20,000 visitors and over 100 stalls annually.

Ballyclaverty
Ballyclaverty

Ballyclaverty is a townland of 339 acres in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the civil parish of Donegore and the historic barony of Antrim Upper.There is a barrow in the townland registered as Scheduled Historic Monument at grid ref: J2279 9098.

Knockbreda (civil parish)

Knockbreda is a civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated mainly in the historic barony of Castlereagh Upper, with 4 townlands in the barony of Castlereagh Lower.

Breda Academy

Breda Academy is a secondary school in Belfast, Northern Ireland, which opened in September 2015 after Newtownbreda High School and Knockbreda High School both joined together. Paul Perry is currently the acting principal of the school.