Towns in Northern Ireland Starting with "Bally-"

"Bally-" (from Irish Baile, "townland/town") is a ubiquitous prefix. There are over 100 townlands and numerous towns/villages beginning with "Bally-" in Northern Ireland. Notable examples:

• Ballymena (largest "Bally" town)
• Ballycastle (coastal, Causeway Coast)
• Ballyclare (Commuter town near Belfast)
• Ballymoney (market town)
• Ballynahinch (County Down)
• Ballywalter (Ards Peninsula)
• Ballygawley (County Tyrone)
• Ballykelly (County Londonderry)
• Ballycarry (County Antrim)
• Ballyronan (Lough Neagh shore)

The prefix appears in ~5,000 place names across the island of Ireland.