Glens Of Antrim Historical Society
Formed in 1965 & recognised as one of the foremost Historical Societies in Ireland
Hugh A Boyd:- This book is dedicated to the many elderly people and children who have come together in sharing their history and heritage. It is carrying water to the river to state that both Mr. Dallat and Mrs. Gibson are eminently qualified to write this book. Mr. Dallat has served on committees and councils … Read more
Federation for Ulster Local Studies:- This book brings together for the first time in one volume excellent articles on our various Ulster customs which are repeated with the seasons each year. The contributors, who are all experts in their own field, include such well-known names as Linda M. Ballard, Professor Ronnie Buchanan, Cahal Dallat, Vivian … Read more
This tightly-packed gold mine of information is now appearing in its sixth reprint, having first appeared in 1957, and I should think it would be an extremely difficult task to find a dissatisfied handful of readers among those who have purchased this book over the years. With regard to layout, the book is a … Read more
Local historians everywhere will be delighted that Friar’s Bush Press have had the foresight to reprint Bassett’s Directories and County Guides for Antrim, Down and Armagh—the only ones published for Ulster counties. The Antrim volume, first published in Dublin in 1886, is a compendium of social history, local history and genealogy. This marvellous historical … Read more
The inspiration for this book came from a paper entitled “The History of the Route Hospital” delivered by Dr. C. Burns to the Viking Surgeons’ Club in September 1987. It soon became obvious that it was impossible to do justice to such an important subject during the course of a lecture lasting only one … Read more
Colm J. Donnelly:- Hugh McKisick (1872—1946), native of Ballinlea, lived with his brother William (1871—1935) on a small farm. Those who remember him describe him as a man of large stature, with a keen wit, who was always prepared to see the humorous side of any situation. Neither he nor his brother married, and … Read more
Danny McGill:- Coal-mining along the Ballycastle foreshore has been going on for hundreds if not thousands of years. McCahan1 in his “Local Histories” writes of the probability of Phoenician traders taking coal from exposed seams here as far back as 300 B.C., with the Spaniards mining this coal much later to use in smelting … Read more
Tales of old Ballycastle, North Antrim and the Glens have been recorded for posterity by the combined forces of modern and yesteryear local historians. The Glens of Antrim Historical Society launched their latest publication on Monday — ‘McCahan’s Local Histories’ — at the Antrim Arms Hotel in Ballycastle. It’s the first hard-back version of … Read more
The boy backed away from his ma’s voice. ‘D’ye think money grows on bushes?’ it shrilled at him from the scullery as he dodged through the kitchen to the front porch: and it went on and on about his da being on the dole and about ‘nobody caring where the next shilling’… Shutting the … Read more