Armoy is a small village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is 9 km south west of Ballycastle and 13 km north east of Ballymoney. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 414 people. It is on the River Bush and lies within the Moyle District Council area. The village is situated between two of the nine Glens of Antrim, Glenshesk and Glentaisie. The Armoy area also includes half of Knocklayd mountain.

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  • Armoy is a small village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is 9 km south west of Ballycastle and 13 km north east of Ballymoney. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 414 people. It is on the River Bush and lies within the Moyle District Council area. The village is situated between two of the nine Glens of Antrim, Glenshesk and Glentaisie. The Armoy area also includes half of Knocklayd mountain. It is one of the larger villages in the Moyle area providing primary education, convenience shopping, and Post Office, as well as a range of community facilities. The village was dominated by public sector housing for many years, but in the late 1980s and early 1990s, a new housing development was built, followed by numerous new developments have been built throughout the village over the last decade. The River Bush once flowed directly north to the sea at Ballycastle, however, after the last glacial event in Northern Ireland deposited the Armoy Moraine (on which the church and round tower sit) the river was deflected to the west and it now reaches the sea via Bushmills and Port Ballantrae.
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  • Armoy is a small village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is 9 km south west of Ballycastle and 13 km north east of Ballymoney. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 414 people. It is on the River Bush and lies within the Moyle District Council area. The village is situated between two of the nine Glens of Antrim, Glenshesk and Glentaisie. The Armoy area also includes half of Knocklayd mountain.
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