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Ballymena , town (1991 pop. 28,166) and district, NE Northern Ireland, on the Braid River. Linen, woolen goods, synthetic fibers, carpets, and tobacco are produced in the town. According to tradition, St. Patrick worked as a herder at Slemish Mt., 5 mi (8.1 km) from Ballymena.

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Ballymena (An Baile Meánach), Northern Ireland/UK ‘Middle Homestead’ from baile and méanach ‘middle’. It was, and is, a market centre and has been a district since 1973.

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Ballymena (An Baile Meánach) Antrim. Ballymeanagh 1626. ‘The middle townland’.

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