The Glynns Vol. 19(1991)

THE PROPOSED IRISH CHANNEL TUNNEL Rev. Kevin McHugh S.S.C

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(This article originally appeared in The Glynns Volume 19 and is reproduced here in full.) This summer, while browsing in the National Library, Dublin, I chanced upon a reference to Cushendun. This led me to an article in a publication entitled THE IRISH BUILDER. I read it with interest and jotted down the contents. Sometime … Read more

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

IN APPRECIATION OF HONOR IRVINE

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  When Jimmy and Honor Irvine came to live in Lemnalary House near Carnlough they brought new life to that historic house and at the same time enlivened the Glens of Antrim Historical Society, of which both were Life Members. While the records of the Society underline Jimmy’s vast contribution to its development, from his … Read more

EDITORIAL: THE GLYNNS VOLUME 19 (1991)

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  The Society wishes to thank the following for their excellent lectures: Miss Bairbre O’Floinn Of Foxes and Fishermen 21.9.1990 Dr. Richard McMinn Bread and Circuses 19.10.1990 Mr. Jim Busby Countryside Conservation 16.11.1990 Mr. Trevor Parkhill Arthur Dobbs: Colonial Undertaker and Governor of North Carolina 14.12.1990 Mr. Michael Coulter Architecture and Industry of Rathlin 18.1.1991 … Read more