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2004 Desk Diary BALLY ME NA BOROUGH COUNCIL 2013 A Great Place to Be… A message from the Mayor Alderman P. J. McAvoy It was a great privilege to be elected Mayor of Ballymena Our local community and businesses are experiencing in June 2012. I have been touched by the warm welcome I tough economic times. Our newly launched Corporate have received whilst getting out and about representing the Strategy, focuses on developing and embedding an Borough in this busy period and I look forward to the approach of all sectors working together, to address the remainder of my term in office. current and future economic, social and environmental needs and priorities of our Borough, to achieve our vision The past year has certainly been an eventful one for of ‘Ballymena: Great People, Great Place’. Ballymena; with our Borough and Council having made great advances on many fronts and I envisage continued Finally, I wish to extend my thanks to Anne Donaghy, Chief progress throughout 2013. Executive, and all Council officers and employees for their hard work and dedication throughout the year. Their Across Northern Ireland, the Local Government Reform commitment helps to ensure that this Council remains one Programme continues to proceed, with new Councils to be of the leaders in Local Government in Northern Ireland. formed in 2015. We are continuing to collaborate with our colleagues in Larne and Carrickfergus in preparation I wish you all God’s Blessing and a healthy and prosperous for the eventual amalgamation into the new Mid and East New Year! Antrim Council. Alderman P. J. McAvoy Mayor of Ballymena 1 2013 BALLY ME NA BOROUGH COUNCIL www.ballymena.gov.uk Councillors’ Who’s Who? Ballymena North Ballymena South Ballymena North covers the following district electoral areas: Ballymena South covers the following district electoral areas: Academy, Ardeevin, Ballyloughan, Dunclug, Fair Green, Ballee, Ballykeel, Castle Demesne, Harryville, Kells, Moat and Galgorm and Park. Summerfield. Cllr John Carson Cllr Mrs Elizabeth Adger DUP DUP Mob: 07891 338220 Tel: 028 2589 8180 Email: [email protected] Mob: 07976 533483 Email: [email protected] Cllr Miss J A Dunlop Ald Martin Clarke Alliance DUP Tel: 07802 574887 Tel: 028 2564 2318 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Ald James Henry Cllr James K F Currie, MBE Independent UUP Work: 028 2565 2456 Tel: 028 2589 8147 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Ald P J McAvoy Cllr Hubert Nicholl SDLP DUP Tel: 028 2564 2256 Tel: 028 9447 2274 Mob: 07871 969173 Mob: 07803 235402 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Cllr J McClean Cllr Declan O’Loan UUP SDLP Mob: 07826 336698 Mob: 07764 220533 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Ald Maurice T Mills Cllr D Robinson DUP DUP Tel: 028 2564 3924 Tel: 028 2565 3529 Mob: 07740 758551 Mob: 07597 554813 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Cllr Mrs A Wales, MBE Cllr David Tweed DUP TUV Mob: 07899 985110 Mob: 07909 900264 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] 2 BALLY ME NA BOROUGH COUNCIL 2013 A Great Place to Be… Bannside Braid Bannside covers the following district electoral areas: Braid covers the following district electoral areas: Ahoghill, Cullybackey, Dunminning, Grange and Portglenone. Broughshane, Craigywarren, Glenravel, Glenwhirry and Slemish. Cllr Ms Monica Digney Ald Robin Cherry, MBE SF UUP Mob: 07817 068362 Work: 028 2568 5535 Email: [email protected] Mob: 07785 752712 Email: [email protected] Cllr Roy Gillespie Cllr S E Clyde TUV DUP Tel: 028 2587 1580 Mob: 07724 906855 Mob: 07776 268859 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Cllr Billy Henry Cllr Paul Frew MLA DUP DUP Mob: 0759 9940 0857 Tel: 028 2564 1421 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Cllr William McNeilly Ald Sam Hanna UUP DUP Tel: 028 9447 2655 Tel: 028 2568 5571 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Cllr Tommy Nicholl, MBE Cllr P D Maguire DUP SF Mob: 07970 012520 Mob: 07857 912097 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] 3 BALLY ME NA BOROUGH COUNCIL 2013 A Great Place to Be… Mayoral Duties Invitations to the Mayor Mayor’s Gifts In view of the Mayor’s busy schedule, it is vital that invitations 100th Birthday are sent to his Secretary well in advance of the date of the engagement, preferably in writing, with full background details, The Mayor will provide any resident of Ballymena who is such as what the Mayor will be expected to do, and what other approaching their 100th Birthday and subsequent birthdays dignitaries have been invited, how long the event is intended to thereafter with a special birthday card and gift. If you wish to last and who will meet the Mayor on arrival. The Mayor’s apply on behalf of someone, please contact the Mayor’s Office produces a form (Request for Attendance of Mayor at Secretary. Non-Civic Functions) which aims to cover the above subjects. A copy of this form can be obtained from the Mayor’s Diamond Wedding Anniversary Secretary or on the Council website. The Mayor will provide any residents of Ballymena who are Mayor’s Receptions approaching their 60th Wedding Anniversary with a special congratulatory card and a gift. If you wish to apply on behalf Ballymena Borough Council provides civic recognition to of a couple, please contact the Mayor’s Secretary. citizens of the Borough on: achievements; special community service and special endeavours. Special visitors are also Mayor’s Secretary: recognised. This is normally carried out through a Mayor’s Tel: 028 2566 0359 Reception and presentation of a corporate gift. A copy of the form (Request for a Mayor’s Reception) can be obtained from Council Web Site: www.ballymena.gov.uk the Mayor’s Secretary or on the Council website. 5 BALLY ME NA BOROUGH COUNCIL 2013 A Great Place to Be… The Villages AHOGHILL CULLYBACKEY Due west of Ballymena on the road to Portglenone is the large Cullybackey is a large satellite village to the north west of village of Ahoghill. Surrounded by pleasant rolling hills the village is Ballymena. There is much discussion as to the derivation of the a place of old cottages and new developments with a modern name including “The woodland of the birch trees”; “The corner of community centre and playing fields. There are numerous features the spades”; “The lame man’s nook”; or “The lame dog’s leap”. of interest in the Parish Church of St. Colmanell and the village also Take your pick; there is evidence to support them all. has three Presbyterian churches and a Gospel Hall. Drumraw House is within the parish which also includes the small villages of The village nestles in the valley of the River Maine and has a proud Hillhead and Carnearney. history of farming, corn milling, linen bleaching and finishing and iron working. It is served by a rail connection to Belfast and PORTGLENONE Londonderry and has a network of roads to service the local area. Portglenone is situated 10 miles west of Ballymena and is one of the The ancestral home of Chester Alan Arthur, the 21st President of ancient crossing points over the River Bann. From a ford, this has the United States, lies on the outskirts of the village and the cottage progressed through a series of bridges to the present one, which stands, as a visitors’ centre, to this day. The Cuningham Memorial was designed and constructed by Charles Lanyon in 1846-47. A Presbyterian Church perhaps dominates the village, but the swivel section was inserted in 1853. remaining churches are also worth visiting for their architectural One of the listed buildings is the Parish Church, which was built by detail and beauty. Bishop Hutchinson in the early seventeenth century – originally with The linen trade was dominant in the local area and names like a thatched roof. Young and Frazer & Houghton feature prominently in our history. A Cistercian Abbey now occupies what was once Portglenone The community can also boast of two first-rate schools, sporting and House, with a large abbey and church erected there in the 1960s. leisure clubs and youth organisations. The river was used (up to the 1950s) for the importation of seeds A recent addition for the visitor is the most attractive Millennium and fertiliser and locally produced potatoes and grass seed. (Other Riverside Walk which stretches from the village right along to farm products were exported from the market held in the village Galgorm Manor providing beautiful river views and a variety of square – now a busy commercial area). wildlife and fishing. Fishing on the River Bann, (north of the bridge), is mainly game GALGORM fishing, with some of the finest stretches of coarse fishing in Europe Ballymena’s nearest neighbour on the west side, Galgorm, stands found just to the south of the bridge. Fishing permits can be on the road to Portglenone. The area is now almost linked to purchased from: The Gun Shop, 51b Main Street, or R. McKnight Ballymena by the extensive modern housing estates that have been (Jewellers), 18 Main Street. built – and are still developing – along the Galgorm Road. In this area, too, stands Galgorm Castle, which was built between 1629 On the banks of the river is a modern marina, with playing fields, community centre and bowling green. and 1645. It stands in extensively wooded grounds surrounded by an 18-hole championship golf course.
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