Antrim
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Antrim, former county, Ulster Province, northeastern Northern Ireland; Belfast was the county town. Antrim includes a hilly region on the north and east and a fertile lowland area near Lough Neagh on the southwest. Located on the northern coast is the remarkable Giant's Causeway, a cluster of thousands of hexagonal basaltic columns. County Antrim ceased to exist as an administrative unit in 1973.
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