Rathlin Island to Ballycastle around 3.45 p.m. Thursday 10th June 2010.

Rathlin Island to Ballycastle passenger-only vessel MV Rathlin Express around 3.45 p.m. Thursday 10th June 2010. Soundtrack from Cd Moonlore by
Llewellyn track Across the Loch. Filmed from North Street view point Ballycastle.

Rathlin Island is situated off the north east coast of Ireland, and is the only inhabited offshore island in Northern Ireland. The ferry to Rathlin Island travels just six miles across the "Sea of Moyle". This island is six miles long, one mile wide, "L" shaped Because of its geographical position, Rathlin has long had associations with both Ireland and Scotland, and it once lay at the heart of the ancient kingdom of Dal Riada. The island has County Antrim to the south, the island of Islay in the Hebrides to the north, and the Mull of Kintyre to the east. Rathlin has a steadily rising permanent population of around 100.
Ballycastle is situated in the north-eastern corner of County Antrim on a bay midway between Kenbann Head and Fair Head. The town developed on the left bank of the river Tow, about half a mile upstream from Ballycastle Bay. Rising 600 feet above the sea, Fairhead is the most North-Easterly point of Ireland which creates Ballycastle bay.