Ballyhay

{{short description|Townland in County Down, Northern Ireland}}

{{for|the civil parish in County Cork|Ballyhea}}

{{Infobox UK place

| type = Townland

| official_name = Ballyhay

| country = Northern Ireland

| coordinates = {{Wikidatacoord|Q4852163|type:event|display=inline,title}}

| lieutenancy_northern_ireland = County Down

| irish_name = Baile Hae

}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

Ballyhay ({{Irish derived place name|Baile Hae|Hay's townland}}{{cite web | title=Ballyhay| work=Place Names NI| url=http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=6687 | access-date=21 February 2013}}) is a townland near Donaghadee in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is in the civil parish of Donaghadee and the historic barony of Ards Lower. It is called Bellyhie in Ulster-Scots.{{cite web|last1=M'Gimpsey Johnston|first1=John|title=Another Ulster-Scots Writer: John M‘Gimpsey Johnston|url=http://www.ulsterscotsacademy.com/ullans/8/another-ulster-scots-writer.php|website=Ullans: The Magazine for Ulster-Scots|publisher=Ulster-Scots Academy}}

Ballyhay is a rural farming community with much land used for arable and pasture farming. There are records of a church flourishing in the area since the late 13th to early 14th centuries.

Transport is available via the Number 7 bus (Moss road/Windmill road, Killaughey road) which travels from Millisle to Belfast via the Moss road.