Glens Of Antrim Historical Society
Formed in 1965 & recognised as one of the foremost Historical Societies in Ireland
This article first appeared in The Glynns Volume 6 (1978). It is re- presented here in it’s original format. The Society wishes to thank the Officers of the Royal Irish Academy for kindly permitting the publication of this Memoir, and the Staff of the Northern Ireland Public Record Office for its assistance … Read more
This article first appeared in The Glynns Volume 8 and is re-presented here with additional photographs and hyperlinks. Any boat passage between Scotland and North East Ireland is influenced by the strong tidal streams which run through the narrows. The navigator may have to aim off right or left to allow for the side-ways … Read more
This article first appeared in The Glynns Volume 8 and is re-presented here in it’s original format. Irish Dalriada has been represented in not a few histories, maps and references of various kinds as including the northern half of what is now the county of Antrim and that part of what is now … Read more
This article first appeared in 1978, in Volume 6 of The Glynns. It is reproduced here with additional photographs. Further commentary is provided by Pat McCambridge (Cushendall) in an interview he gave to the Glens of Antrim Historical Society as part of the recent Oral History Project. (The interview in full is transcribed and stored … Read more
ORIGINS OF PRESBYTERIANISM IN THE PARISH OF RAMOAN Rev Dr A W Godfrey Brown History, especially the Scotttish connection, from 1646, through to the 18th and 19th centuries. THE LINT PULLING DANCE Cahal Dallat The linen industry locally; barn dance after the flax harvest ; musicians, types of dance, tunes. TIDES … Read more