INDEX of THE GLYNNS Vol. 2

DEAN WILLIAM HENRY’S TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF  THE COAST OF CO.ANTRIM AND NORTH DOWN c1740 Annotated by
Hugh Alexander Boyd
Interesting   descriptions  of the area, from Fair Head, Rathlin,
Cushendall, Red Bay, Garron Point
Ballygalley, Glenarm and Larne.
Sketch of Altagore Cashel Cushendun.
OTHER PENAL MASS SITES IN NORTH ANTRIM The Rev.Patrick McKavanagh A continuation from Volume 1. Loughguile, Dunloy, Armoy. Sketch of Broughnalea Cross, Ballycastle.
PLACE NAMES IN THE PARISH OF BALLINTOY Cahal  Dallat A continuation of the series..translations/ explanations of place names from the Irish.  
KELP BURNING IN THE GLENS Douglas Harper One of the oldest traditional industries round the coast ; account of the process with tables of exports. Sketches of  A  ‘Drag’ &  Kelp Kiln.
FERRY ME ACROSS THE WATER Jack McCann Water traffic Ireland / Scotland , from 17c smuggling through to the ferries of the 19th and 20th centuries.  
BALLYCASTLE’S GLASS INDUSTRY Cahal Dallat History of the industry from 18th century Map of Ballycastle  1760
THE REV. GEORGE HILL (1810 – 1900) Jimmy Irvine The Rev. Hill wrote a classic account of the McDonnells of Antrim ; biographical background of his life and career.  
GLENARM SOUP KITCHENS Jimmy Irvine Famine times in the area from 1817, through 1847 ; the role of the churches in famine relief. Sketch of Glenarm Soup House
STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF ARDCLINIS AND LAID Rev. R S Dobbs Introduction; reprint of survey from 1817 ( some 15 years earlier than the Ordnance Survey Memoirs ). Topography,education, commerce etc. Sketch of cross of Killacur Glenariff

SOME SUMS   The 19th century system for dividing land.  
FERRY TERMINUS   Account of the ferry from Cushendun to Dunavertie.  

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