INDEX of THE GLYNNS Vol. 1

 

PENAL MASS SITES IN THE GLENS

   

The Rev. Patrick Mc Kavanagh. Discovering the old Mass sites in Glenravel, Cushendall, Cushendun, Glenariffe. Some sites known because of their Irish names eg Knockanaffrin in Glenravel; carved stone in Innispollan….  
HEARTH MONEY ROLLS, CAREY BARONY 1669

Frank Connolly.
Valuable 17thC genealogical records. Begun as a tax on each household by Charles ll, abolished in 1793 by Grattan. Insight into the inhabitants, their distribution and location….  
THE OLD COAST ROAD FROM LARNE TO BALLYCASTLE 

Jimmy Irvine. Tracing the old road prior to the building of the Coast road in the 1830s. Cairncastle..Baldy’s Branch..the Foarin Path..Loughareema..Ballycastle.  
THE MCNEILLS OF CUSHENDUN AND THE MCNEILES OF BALLYCASTLE

Randall McDonnell. Tracing the geneology of the families, using the family memoirs of the late Lord Cushendun.  
PLACE NAMES IN RAMOAN AND RATHLIN ISLAND

Cahal Dallat. First of a series ; translations / explanations of the place names from the Irish.  
ORDNANCE SURVEY MEMOIR FOR THE PARISH OF ARDCLINIS Various. Continuing the Memoirs of Parishes begun in the publication ( by the Historical Society ) ‘Life in the Glens of Antrim in the 1830s ‘ which covered the parishes of Layd and Innispollan. Details of boundaries, topography, agriculture, population, antiquities. Table of schools 1800’s –

Map of the area

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