Editing Ballycastle, County Antrim (section)

== Notable people ==
{{See also|Category:People from Ballycastle, County Antrim}}
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=== 1500s ===
* [[Sorley Boy MacDonnell]] (c.1505–1590) – Scottish-Irish prince, born at [[Dunanynie Castle]] near Ballycastle
* [[Gillaspick MacDonnell]] (c.1550–1571) – nephew of Sorley Boy MacDonnell, killed accidentally in 1571 at Ballycastle.

=== 1600s ===
* [[Christopher Fleming, 17th Baron Slane|The 1st Viscount Longford and 17th Baron Slane]] (1669–1726) – politician. Lord Longford, known for much of his life as Lord Slane, is buried in the MacDonnell family vault in [[Bonamargy Friary]], Ballycastle, the burial place of the [[Earl of Antrim|Earls of Antrim]].

=== 1700s ===
* [[Hugh Boyd (writer)|Hugh Boyd]] (1746–1794) – writer
* [[John Surman Carden]] (1771–1858) – officer of the British [[Royal Navy]], died in Ballycastle
* [[Hugh M'Neile]] (1795–1879) – controversial anti-Roman Catholic preacher

=== 1800s ===
[[File:Sir Roger Casement (6188264610).jpg|thumb|[[Sir Roger Casement]] ]]
* [[John Samuel Bewley Monsell]] (1811–1875) – clergyman and hymnwriter
* [[Thomas Witherow]] (1824–1890) – Presbyterian minister and historian.
* [[Sir Roger Casement]] (1864–1916) – writer and [[Irish Republican]] revolutionary who was born and raised in [[Dublin]] to a father from Ballycastle.
* [[Louise McIlroy|Dame Louise McIlroy]] (1874–1968) – medical doctor, born near [[Ballymena]], father was a [[general practitioner]] in Ballycastle
* [[Robert Quigg]] 1885–1955) – soldier and recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]]

=== 1900s ===
* [[Helen Megaw]] (1907–2002) – crystallographer
* [[Donal Lamont]] (1911–2003) – Bishop of [[Mutare]], [[Zimbabwe]], nominated for the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] in 1978
* [[Michael Dallat]] (1925–2000) – [[Titular Bishop]] of Thala, Tunisia and [[Auxiliary Bishop]] of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Down and Connor|Diocese of Down and Connor]]
* [[Keith Cardinal O'Brien]] (1938–2018) – he served as [[Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh]], 1985–2013. [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal]] O'Brien was effectively the head of the Catholic Church in [[Scotland]]<ref name=pgot3mar>{{cite news |author=Robert Pigott |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21649475 |title=Cardinal Keith O'Brien sorry for sexual misconduct |publisher=BBC |date=3 March 2013 |access-date=3 March 2013}}</ref> from the death of [[Thomas Cardinal Winning]], [[Archbishop of Glasgow]], in June 2001 until his own resignation as Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh in February 2013. He was created a [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal]] in October 2003.
* [[David McWilliams (musician)|David McWilliams]] (1945–2002) – folksinger and musician
* [[Conleth Hill]] (b. 1964) – actor