More about Ballymena
BallymenaBallymena (from the Irish: An Baile Meánach meaning "middle townland") is a town in County Antrim.
The town is built on land given to the Adair family by King Charles I in 1626, on the basis that the town hold two annual fairs and a free Saturday market in perpetuity. The Saturday market still runs. The town used to host Ireland’s largest two day agricultural show at the Ballymena Showgrounds. However over past few decades the attendances and size of this show has declined dramatically. The show is no longer even held in the so called show ground. It has been oliminated the former RIR barracks.
There are still many historic buildings in the town. The Town Hall was built in 1924 on the site of the old Market House. The Town Hall has just recently be refurbished in 2007 at a cost of approx £2 million. During the later half of the 20th century, Ballymena, like many other once prosperous industrial centres in Northern Ireland, experienced economic change with many of its former factories closing. Ballymena is now becoming a centre of information-based, international corporations and major retail outlets. However unlike other towns it retains a very successful manufacturing industry, with major employers such as Michelin and Gallaher, and the extremely successful local firm Wrightbus.
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