Heritage

THE GLENS AND THEIR SPEECH: A REAPPRAISAL by KAREN CORRIGAN (U.C.D.)

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  The speech of the Glens of Antrim has been shaped as much by historical and political factors as it has been by linguistic ones. I feel that it is therefore important to begin my account of the dialect by outlining the relationship between its unique linguistic characteristics and the external history of the Region … Read more

JOHN JAMES BARRALET: A DRAWING MASTER AT GLENARM CASTLE IN THE LATE 18th CENTURY By Martyn Anglesea, Curator of Prints and Drawings, Department of Art, Ulster Museum, Belfast.

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  The social position of the practising artist keeps changing over the centuries. Certainly in the eighteenth century there were noticeable differences from the situation to which we are accustomed today. Art is now and was then a profession, and every profession has its aristocracy, bourgeoisie and proletariat. Consider the legal profession: its aristocracy are … Read more

TOWNLANDS — THEIR ORIGIN AND SIGNFICANCE: Cahal Dallat

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“Townlands are one of the most dominant, albeit invisible features of our Ulster landscapes. The townland is the smallest administrative division in the country and all other territorial divisions are made up of collections of townlands. They are of great antiquity and there is evidence of their existence before the 12th century. Documents have survived … Read more

BALLYCASTLE LAMMAS FAIRS OF YESTER-YEARS: By Hugh A. Boyd

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This article first appeared in The Glynns Volume 15 (1987) and is re-presented here in it’s original format.   These extracts are culled at random from the files of the “Coleraine Chronicle” now “The Chronicle” and are printed here by courtesy of the editor of that paper, Mr. H. McGrattan. This paper appeared for the … Read more

TOWNLANDS IN COUNTYANTRIM:PLACENAMES IN THE BALLYMENA AREA: Cahal Dallat:

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  Aghnadore Achadh na dobhair Field of the Water Artibrannon Ard tigh Brannon The hill of Brennan’s house Ballee Baile Liath Grey townland Ballycloghan Baile clochan Townland of the stones Ballyclosh Baile claise Townland of the trench Ballygarvey Baile garbhaich Rough townland Ballyloughan Baile lochan Townland of the chaff or winnowing Ballywatermo Baile uachtair maigh … Read more

JOHN HEWITT ON HIS CHOSEN GROUND Jack McCann

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Long, long before our Historical Society was thought of, and the only tourist boards were diving boards, Mary Stone of Cushendall was a one-woman historical society and her wee shop a tourist information centre. The forties were fast fading away when she brightened my day, and my life, by telling me that there was a … Read more

SOME NOTES CONCERNING THE TERRIER OR LEDGER BOOK OF DOWN AND CONNOR WHICH RELATE TO THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN PARTS OF CONNOR DIOCESE Compiled By Hugh Alexander Boyd

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Bishop William Reeves, Keeper of the Armagh Public Library, 1861—1886 described the Terrier, or Ledger Book of Down and Connor, originally made out in 1615, “of great value as a connecting link between the records before and after the Reformation, showing the condition of the dioceses in their traditional state”. The Terrier refers throughout to … Read more

ENVIRONMENTAL HERITAGE RESOURCES OF THE IRISH LANDSCAPE IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT John Feehan

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  Environmental Resources Analysis Ltd. Natural Resources Development Centre.   Trinity College Dublin.   1. THE NOTION OF HERITAGE Heritage is a word whose meaning has become greatly enlarged and enriched in popular understanding in recent years. Twenty five years ago it would have meant cultural heritage. But at its root, the word ‘heritage’ means all … Read more