Glens Of Antrim Historical Society
Formed in 1965 & recognised as one of the foremost Historical Societies in Ireland
Up until about twenty-five years ago, the mill was a prominent feature in the life of this area of the Middle Glens. Since that time when the last mill ceased to function, they have gradually disappeared. The purpose of this article is to identify and record what information is known about these mills before … Read more
Anticur An tigh coradh The house of the weir or carry. * Anticur House was at one time the residence of Lord Fleming, Baron of Slane. Artiferral Ard tigh Fearghail The hill of Farrell’s house Ballinaloob Baile na luib Townland of the river bends * The land here is very flat and low-lying and … Read more
“Now Carneil’s behind me As I walk on my way Lurigedan stands before me. And the Castle at Red Bay. There to my right a lovely sight As I look towards Cushendall I see the coast of Scotland With lovely mountains tall And as I walk towards Waterfoot To my left I look again … Read more
“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
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
Cahal Dallat:- Artigoran Ard tigh Gorain The hill of Goran’s house Ballaghmore Bealach mor Great mountain-pass Ballyboyland Baile buidhe lann orBaile O’Baoghaileain Townland of the yellow church or Boylan’s townland Ballybrakes Baile breac Speckled townland Ballycormick Baile Cormaic Cormac’s townland Ballygan Baile gceann Townland of the heads *Perhaps a place like Knocknagin (the hill of … 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
Interest in these memoirs has led to the inclusion of Carncastle and Killyglen in the series published in The Glynns. There are four memoirs for these parishes. The first dated 1833 is by Lieut. Hore, the second and third by James Boyle 1835, and Lieut. Bleakley’s memoir on schools 1840. They are all printed here … Read more
The parish of Ardclinis is situated in the barony of Lower Glenarm and is bounded on the north by the sea (Red Bay) and the parish of Layd, on the south by the parishes of Skerry and Tickmacrevan, on the east by the sea and on the west by the parishes of Skerry and Dunaghy. … Read more
The parish of Tickmacrevan is really a union of parishes of Tickmacrevan and Templeoughter and is entirely situated in the Barony of Lower Glenarm; it contains forty-seven townlands. It is bounded on the north by the parish of Ardclinis, on the north-east by the sea, on the east by a portion of the parish of … Read more