Ballynure

Ballynure (from Irish Baile an Iúir, meaning 'homestead of the yews') is a village and civil parish near Ballyclare in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is part of Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council and had a population of 677 people in the 2001 Census.

The village was for decades effectively split in two by the A8 main road, which runs from Belfast to Larne. This situation was alleviated in 2015, with the opening of a bypass to the northwest of the village. A stream called the Ballynure Water runs through it and the houses are a mixture of old fashioned buildings and new estates. Christ Church, Church of Ireland is one of the old buildings of note in Ballynure.

Ballynure Old Boys F.C. plays association football in the Ballymena & Provincial League.

Ballynure is classified as a massive village or hamlet by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (i.e. with a population between 500 and 10,000 people). On Census day (29 April 2002) there were 677 people living in Ballynure. Of these:

The Ballynure Elementary School for Primary Education (often known simply as Ballynure Primary School) is only school in the village and surrounding areas until Ballyclare. It is also one of six schools in Northern Ireland classed as "Elementary Schools". The School was founded in 1930.

The Ballynure Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in all Newtownabbey and second oldest in all Antrim.

The current blacksmiths in Ballynure (lying on the corner of The Old Larne Road) initially was a carpenters shop. During World War 2 it was used for storing brushes and after the war the building was used for the slaughter of pigs. When the original plans for the new A8 were to become effective the old blacksmith shop, which sat behind the carpenters shop, was demolished and James (Jim) Barr the blacksmith bought the original carpenters shop. At that time he had been given £50 disturbance money from the roads division. He replaced the roof which had originally been round. The building is still used by Jims son-in-law as a blacksmiths and agricultural engineers.

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