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BACK TO THE GLENS : A MCKAY ODYSSEY |
Alexander McKay
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The author’s attempt to piece together his family history; connections to Glenarm and Carnlough. |
Photographs : from the early 20th century; gravestone inscriptions. |
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DAVIS BOYD’S ‘GHOST HOUSE’ & COLONEL HUGH BOYD’S ‘GREAT ROAD’ |
David J McGill
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Exploring old maps, in search of Ballycastle’s industrial heritage.
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3 maps 18th and 19th centuries; 3 photos of vanished landmarks. |
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OUR MAN IN THE VATICAN |
Martin O’Brien
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Transcript of lecture November 2010. The making of a TV documentary series – ‘ Our Man In The Vatican’ and the sequel ‘Our Man In The Vatican- The Papal Visit’.
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2 Photographs of the author & the director of the series; with the Ambassador. |
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AS OTHERS SEE US : TRAVEL WRITERS IN IRELAND |
Frank Rogers
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Accounts of Ireland from the earliest times; Ptolomy, Tacitus, Patrick; through the 8th to 12th centuries; Elizabethan accounts; Samuel Johnson; De La Tocnaye; 19th century figures such as Thackeray; to the present day, Masefield, H V morton, Padraic Colum.
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Illustrations : Ptolomy’s map of Ireland; ‘An Irish Feast’ (Elizabethan); 3 19th century cartoons. |
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DAVAAR : AN ISLAND WITH A DIFFERENCE |
Mavis Gulliver
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Small tidal island in the mouth of Campbeltown Loch; part of the Kingdom of Dalriada,familiar to the McDonnells as they travelled between their territories.
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Colour Photographs of the island |
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THE UNMISTAKEABLE HUMP : SLEMISH AND OTHER POWERFUL PLACES |
Dennis Kennedy
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Lecture to the Society October 2010. Exploring the sense of place, in poetry, prose, and personal recollections. |
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A SERENDIPITOUS CHURCHILLIAN ENCOUNTER IN BROUGHSHANE |
Dr Tony Redmond
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Account of a local man’s grandfather, and his involvement in Winston Churchill’s military career in the Boer War.
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Photograph of memorial |
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NAPOLEON’S MARSHAL IN CO. ANTRIM, JULY 1825 |
Alaisdair Roberts
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Napoleon’s Marshal – a McDonald- looking for his roots in South Uist. First hand account of his travels across to N. Antrim, through Cushendall and Glenarm.
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DETERMINED SURVIVORS : THE EARLS OF ANTRIM 1870 – 1921 |
Dr Olwen Purdue
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Through crop failures, famine, agricultural depression; rent reductions, compulsory land purchases : how the Earls of Antrim managed, by careful economic investment and planned land sales, to retain ownership of their estates from the 14th century to the present day. |
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CUSHENDALL IN THE 1930s |
Alex Thompson
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A look at Cushendall in the 30s; tourism, facilities, agriculture etc. |