THE OLD COAST ROAD FROM LARNE TO BALLYCASTLE         Jimmy Irvine

This article first appeared in The Glynns Volume 1 (1973).  It is reproduced here in full   I remember, as vividly as if it were not ten years ago, taking a night ride from Belfast to Cushendall with my father – seventy-five years since. We left home about midnight and arrived at Garron Point at … Read more

PENAL MASS SITES IN THE GLENS Rev. Patrick McKavanagh

A Royal Commission in 1622 reported that, “in the diocese of Down and Connor, only 16 churches were fit for the celebration of Divine ordnance, while 150 churches and chapels were decayed or in ruins”. In this short article, I am confining my survey to the modern Catholic parishes of Glenariffe, Cushendall, Cushendun and Glenravel. … Read more