Social History & Recollections

The Big Snow of ’47 by Bobby McMullan

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  This article was taken from The Glynns volume 29. Available to buy £5 plus £3 Postage (U.K)   The weather has always been a frequent and safe topic of conversation when Glens people meet.  Today it mostly centres around the wind and the rain.  We grumble about snow and frost when it lasts more than … Read more

Quilting by Mrs Rose Emerson

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Quilting By Mrs Rose Emerson   Taken from The Glynns, volume 3, 1975 My mind goes back seventy years to the first Feis in the Glens.  One wonders about all the craftsmen and women whose work filled Holden’s big hall in Waterfoot; everything from a set of horseshoes to a watch chain made from horse … Read more

Annie McKillop’s Diary (part 3)

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Diary of Annie McKillop (Part Three) Back to a Nursing Career: I reapplied for nursing to Middlesex and this time at Ashford County Hospital and I started on the 22 June 1942 and never looked back. I enjoyed it and was doing something I always wanted to do.  I required a passport, so I had … Read more

Annie McKillop’s Diary part 2

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‘Leaving the Glens Farm of my childhood’ My childhood years passed on quickly and I was now fourteen years old and had to leave school on 29 May 1934, as my uncles and aunts had married and left home, I was now needed to work on the farm. I was very sad leaving school as … Read more

Blacksmiths of the Middle Glens

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Blacksmiths of the Middle Glens and their Families By Malachy McSparran Glynns Volume 29 (2001)  This article is a reprint of one of our most popular articles by founder member Malachy McSparran, previously published in 2001.  Up until about fifty years ago the trade or profession of blacksmithing was a very common occupation in the … Read more

The ‘Turn-Out’ in Ballycastle June 1798 by Keith Beattie

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The Glens of Antrim Historical Society February talk will take place on Friday 21st February at 8pm in St Mary’s Parish Centre, Cushendall. The ‘Turn-Out’ in Ballycastle 8-9 June 1798 by Keith Beattie. Everyone welcome

Annual Outing Friday 19th May 2017

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The Glens of Antrim Historical Society Annual Outing Friday 19th May 2017 Proposed Itinerary   9.00am: Bus departs Sheskburn House, Ballycastle 9.30am: Bus departs St Mary’s Parish Centre, Cushendall 11.00am: Arrive Clifton House, tea/coffee and scones served on arrival Tour of Clifton House Tour of Clifton Street Cemetery 2.00pm: Arrive Crumlin Road Gaol, tea/coffee sandwiches … Read more