Ford Farm Camping Barn
A warm welcome awaits you at this friendly family run hostel situated on a working farm in scenic Islandmagee. Our peaceful and comfortable accommodation is one and a half miles from the main coastal route (A2, and half a mile from Ballycarry Railway Station which gives easy access to and from the ports of Belfast (18 miles) and Larne (7 miles). This neat and fresh self-catering hostel has 18 beds - 2 per room - hot showers, central heating, excellent cooking and laundry facilities
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Islandmagee (in Irish: Oileán Mhic Aodha, ie Magee’s island/peninsula) is a peninsula on the east coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland, located between the towns of Larne and Carrickfergus. It is part of the Larne Borough Council area and is a sparsely populated rural community with a long history since the mesolithic period.
As part of an agricultural crop rotation programme of old, beans were grown to supply nitrogen to the soil. "Bean Eaters" became a nick-name for the people of
Islandmagee. Settlements on the peninsula include Portmuck, Mill Bay and Ballykeel, while Brown's Bay is a popular tourist attraction. It is the site of Northern Ireland's main power station Ballylumford.
