Stunning coastal church location used in ‘Game of Thrones’

The name Ballintoy or ‘Baile an Tuaigh’ means ‘the northern townland’ in Irish. The church is perched on a hill above Ballintoy Harbor in a scenic and windswept location. You can see Rathlin Island, parts of the Scottish coastline, and stunning white cliffs along the Antrim Coastline. The church originally had a steeple that was damaged during a violent storm and on the west corner is a sundial that dates from 1817 which was used to record the tidal movements. Many notable landed families appear on the names of the gravestones here including The Stewarts of Ballintoy, Downing Fullerton, and The Stewart-Moore family. The area was recently used as the backdrop for filming scenes for the new series of global smash hit fantasy series ‘Game of Thrones’.