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Talk Like A North Antrim Native: A 101

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The North Coast of Northern Ireland from Ballycastle Beach in Country Antrim. In the background is the coast of Scotland which is only 13 miles away at this point.

Very impressed with this Belfast Live guide to some of our wonderfully thran placenames but, as a frequent favourite subject on Twitter, I reckon we can take it a step further here. The Belfast Live version includes, for example, the correct pronunciation of ‘Doagh’ as closer to ‘Doak’. For brevity this is a very good explanation for how the name is said. Viewers of a north of the north inclination will know, however, that the 100% authentic pronunciation of Doagh …

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Why the Circle Line is a dead end siding – but Antrim-Lisburn-Belfast trains can’t be lost

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The Circle Line sounds like a great idea.  Go either direction according to your needs,  with a total journey time of 90 minutes or so, you’re no more than 45 minutes from anywhere on it. However, picking up on my comment on Jay’s article, there are certain logistical barriers that mean it is a non-starter in its proposed form. The key assumption I will make in this piece is that the line from Antrim-Monkstown is doubled, including the total reconstruction …

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