Portmuck

Portmuck
Irish: *Port Muc*
Portmuck Irish: Port Muc;
	Portmuck harbour in 2007
	Portmuck Location within Northern Ireland
County	County Antrim;
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	BT40
Dialling code	028
	List of places UK Northern Ireland Antrim 54°50′51″N 5°43′38″W / 54.8475°N 5.7272°W

Portmuck (from Irish Port Muc, meaning 'port/harbour of pigs')^[1] is a townland of 235 acres in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the civil parish of Islandmagee and the historic barony of Belfast Lower.^[2]

The townland has given its name to a little island just off the coast called Isle of Muck,^[1] which is a nature reserve.

References

Portmuck Irish: Port Muc
Portmuck harbour in 2007
Portmuck Location within Northern Ireland
County	County Antrim
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	BT40
Dialling code	028
List of places UK Northern Ireland Antrim 54°50′51″N 5°43′38″W / 54.8475°N 5.7272°W / 54.8475; -5.7272