Location

Rasharkin is situated within the Borough of Ballymoney in County Antrim, on the B62 road, which leads Southeast to Ballymena, and North to Ballymoney.
 
Rasharkin has a population of about 3500, most of which are in the outlying area.
 
The sketch to your right shows where we are in Co. Antrim
 
Within our parish we have 30 town lands
 
  • Anticur
  • Ballydonnelly
  • Ballymaconnelly
  • Bellaghy
  • Carclunty
  • Carnfinton
  • Church Tamlaght
  • Crushybracken
  • Culmore
  • Dreen
  • Dromore
  • Drumack
  • Drumcon
  • Duneany
  • Dunminning
  • Fernagh
  • Glebe
  • Glenbuck
  • Gortahar
  • Gortereghy
  • Granagh
  • Killycowan
  • Killycreen
  • Killydonnelly
  • Lisnagaver
  • Magheraboy
  • Moneyleck
  • Tamlaght
  • Tehorny
  • The Plains
 
Our playing fields lay in the town land of Dreen on the Townhill Road approximately one mile outside the village.   40 miles from both Belfast and Derry.