i live bout 5 mins walk from ballymoney beach itself - i love the peace and quiet - however having said that it gets mental in the summer - if you move you will long for september to arrive!!! the area is beautiful and has everything you want. pubs, food, hotel (seafield) schools, churchs etc.
i suppose i am fairly biased as i live there and practially grew up in the area (we decamped down to mobile every summer as kids)
people (appear) to be less stressed / in a hurry and are much more willing to have a chat then most - all in all the best move i ever made