Glens Of Antrim Historical Society
Formed in 1965 & recognised as one of the foremost Historical Societies in Ireland
Ordnance Survey Memoirs for the parish of Coleraine (County Londonderry). Published by Coleraine Historical Society in association with the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. 1986 Hardback £7.95 Paperback £5.00 The great project of mapping Ireland on a scale of six inches to the mile involved a total of 1906 maps, yet the team … Read more
Note from the Editor. In recent years a couple of articles about the Gibbons family of Carnlough have appeared in “The Glynns” in Volumes Nos. 10 and 12. This one is the story of an adventure at sea which befell a branch of the family that emigrated from Carnlough to New Zealand in 1889. The … Read more
Before the coming of the narrow gauge railway to north east Antrim, iron ore was being mined extensively in the Glenravel hills with further trials being carried out at the Trostan Mines for bauxite. James Fisher, who had opened the mines in 1866, had built his own tramway for use by horse-drawn wagons from … Read more
A noteworthy characteristic of an Irish fair has been that its size did not necessarily bear any relation whatsoever to the size or importance of the place in which it was held. Some quite large towns have never at any time had either fairs or markets. The most outstanding examples in County Antrim would be … Read more
When the Ordnance Survey Memoirs for the parishes of Carncastle and Killyglen were published in Volume 11 of The Glynns, a number of people expressed the wish that the meanings of the placenames in these parishes be included in a future issue. These two parishes are situated on the east coast of Antrim in … Read more
Pearse, Connolly, Larkin, De Valera, Collins, Yeats, O’Casey: august company for any man in the political, social and cultural history of the Irish people. Not only was Peadar O’Donnell alive when they were alive but he was actively involved with them in matters of common interest; and he was still alive and active when … Read more
Documentary material for any of the Third Order Franciscan friaries in Ireland is scanty, and so we are fortunate in having a fair amount of information about the one at Glenarm. I think it would be helpful to say first a little about the development of this order. St. Francis of Assisi founded … Read more
I have never been quite sure whether, by virtue of coming from Larne, my wife and I are entitled to regard ourselves as Glens folk born and bred. I have a feeling that those whose pedigree in this respect is beyond question would look upon us as being, at best, a couple of … Read more
That the Glens of Antrim Historical Society is flourishing today is due in great measure to the input and influence of the late Jimmy Irvine. In the beginning (1965) the young Society was allowed to take root naturally in the Glens whence its culture spread beyond their mountain wall. So in those early years … Read more
While researching the White Documents in the Public Records Office (D2861)* I came across the following account of John White’s experiences as a Lieutenant in the 36th Herefordshire Regiment during the time of the Peninsular War. The extract contains four handwritten foolscap sheets. There is no trace of any other journal among these White … Read more