Glens Of Antrim Historical Society
Formed in 1965 & recognised as one of the foremost Historical Societies in Ireland
Patrick Close:- Where, last August, would you have found a bishop, a Japanese professor, a bus load of unemployed people from the W.E.A. in Belfast, the Provost of Trinity College, a distinguished American photographer, Sean O’Casey’s daughter-in-law, a couple of Swedish academics, as well as a proliferation of poets, journalists and entertainers? St. MacNissi’s … Read more
Eull Dunlop:- In the Old Churchyard, Ballymena, there is a gravestone which will be noted by those interested in Presbyterianism in Glenarm, a topic aired in The Glynns (1981) by S. Alex Blair. The stone records the death on 1 June 1899, at the age of 84, of Anne, daughter of John Atkinson and … Read more
Jack McCann:- An Irishman, St. Brendan the Navigator, may well have been the first to discover America but a first visit to North America is still a voyage of discovery for any Irishman/woman. To find a people constantly on the move (‘automobility’ is my name for the game) in search of new delights in … Read more
Harry Hume:- About a mile west of the village of Clough stands the present church or “meeting house” of one of the oldest Presbyterian congregations in Ireland. The origins of this congregation go back to the early days of the Scottish Plantation when the first Presbyterians came and settled in the lands of the Parish … Read more