BALLYMARTIN, a parish, in the barony of UPPER-BELFAST,
county of ANTRIM, and province of ULSTER,
8 miles (N. N. W.) from Belfast; containing 721 inhabitants.
This parish is situated on the Six-mile river,
by which it is bounded on the north, and comprises,
according to the Ordnance survey, 2421¼ statute acres,
including a detached portion of 560 acres: the soil is
fertile, and the system of agriculture is improving. It
is a rectory, in the diocese of Connor, and is part of the
union of Carmoney: the tithes amount to £150. There
is neither church nor any place of worship in the parish;
the inhabitants are chiefly Presbyterians, and attend the
places of worship of that denomination in the neighbourhood.
There is a school of 25 boys and 15 girls.
The ruins of the ancient church still remain, and the
churchyard is used as a burial-ground by most of the
inhabitants.