Ballygalley
![Looking south at Ballygally beach and Ballygally Head.](/Images/godic/202412/23/Ballygally_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4746770412.jpg")
![](/Images/godic/202412/23/Ballygally_Head_near_Larne_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3241500412.jpg")
![Ballygally Castle Hotel - the oldest occupied building in Ireland.](/Images/godic/202412/23/Coast_Road_with_Ballygally_Castle_Hotel_-_geograph.org.uk_-_9253650413.jpg")
![In the far distance, on the right, is the small peak of Scawt Hill. Six new minerals were discovered for the first time here, including scawtite and larnite.](/Images/godic/202412/23/Ballygally_Bay_near_Larne_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4289540413.jpg")
Ballygalley or Ballygally (from Irish:Baile Geithligh, meaning "Geithleach's townland") is a village and holiday resort in County Antrim, Northern Ireland which lies on the Antrim coast, approximately 3 miles north of Larne. It is also a townland of 769 acres and is situated in the civil parish of Carncastle and the historic barony of Glenarm Upper. It had a population of 714 in the 2001 Census. It is located within the Mid and East Antrim Borough Council area.