Aldfreck is a
townland
A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic origi ...
in
County Antrim
County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim, ) is one of six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and has a population o ...
,
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...
.
The
Battle of Aldfreck was fought in November 1597.
Popular culture
David Hume wrote a poem about the "Aldfreck Mining Disaster".
Aldfreck Mining Disaster poem
bbc.co.uk; accessed 2 May 2015.
See also
* List of townlands in County Antrim
*List of places in County Antrim
This is a list of cities, towns, villages and hamlets in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. See the List of places in Northern Ireland for places in other counties.
Towns are listed in bold.
A
*Aghagallon
* Aghalee
*Ahoghill
* Aldergrove
* Antr ...
References
{{County Antrim
Townlands of County Antrim