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 54.8475°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]

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

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