Ballyhackamore

Ballyhackamore is a townland in County Down, Northern Ireland, it is a suburb of Belfast located on the Upper Newtownards Road. It is also a ward in the UK Parliamentary constituency of East Belfast.

The Sunday Times named Ballyhackamore the Brunch Capital of Belfast in a 2018 article on the Best Places to live in Britain. The neighbourhood (often called 'Ballyhack' for short ) is the location of several restaurants and cafés as well as a range of local and national shops.

Transport
Ballyhackamore is served by the Translink Glider G1 service. In addition Metro and Ulsterbus services stop here.

Places of note

 * Cyprus Avenue a residential street and conservation area which lent its name to the Van Morrison song, Cyprus Avenue
 * Neill's Hill railway station a former halt on the Belfast and County Down Railway line.
 * Kincora Boys' Home, a home for boys that was the scene of serious organised abuse.
 * Bloomfield Collegiate School, an Independent Grammar School for girls.

Notable people

 * Joe Bratty, loyalist paramilitary, lived in Ballyhackamore at the time of his death
 * Judith Cochrane, politician, had a constituency office in Ballyhackamore
 * Ian Geddes Davidson, Irish rugby union player, born in Ballyhackamore
 * Gemma Garrett, former Miss Great Britain, attended Bloomfield Collegiate
 * Christine Lampard, TV broadcaster, attended Bloomfield Collegiate
 * Joan Lingard, Scottish novelist, grew up and lived in Ballyhackamore until the age of 18
 * Naomi Long, leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland, attended Bloomfield Collegiate and lives in Ballyhackamore
 * Paddy O'Flaherty, broadcaster and journalist
 * Elaine Shemilt, fine art printmaker, attended Bloomfield Collegiate

In popular culture

 * Ballyhackamore – "Town of the big horses”, an NVTV television programme
 * Cyprus Avenue, a Van Morrison song