Glens Of Antrim Historical Society Visits St. Killian’s College

  Donnell O’Loan editor of The Glynns recently visited St Killian’s College to speak to Year 10 students about the Glens of Antrim Historical Society now  recognised  as one of the foremost Historical Societies in Ireland.     Donnell also discussed the goals of the society  – to encourage the study of the history, traditions and … Read more

Local History:The Potential of the Public Record Office N.I

The next monthly talk organised by The Glens of Antrim Historical Society will take place on Friday 24 th March 2023 at 8.00pm in the usual venue of St Mary’s Parish Centre, Cushendall. The speaker for the evening is Dr Desmond McCabe, who works in the Public Record Office, Belfast. The title of his presentation … Read more

Annual General Meeting Fri 19th November 2021

The Annual General Meeting of the Glens of Antrim Historical Society will be held on Friday 19th November at 7.00 pm in The Ramoan Parish Centre, The Diamond, Ballycastle. (Members only).   It will be followed by ‘The Trial of Sir Roger Casement’ delivered by Frank Rogers (Everyone welcome at 7.30), the launch of The Glynns … Read more

Garron Tower

Garron Tower When Randal McDonnell, 6th Earl of Antrim, died in 1791, without a male heir, his eldest daughter, Anne Katherine, was granted the title Countess of Antrim. In 1799 Anne Katherine married Sir Henry Vane-Tempest who owned large collieries in Co. Durham and whose main residence was at Wynyard Park in that county. Sir … Read more

Meeke and The Major- Friday 16th November at 8pm

Meeke and the Major on Friday 16th November at 8pm in St Mary’s Parish Centre, Cushendall. Join us for an evening of reflection and shared history respectfully remembering key historical events from 100 years ago commemorating the end of WW1. Featuring a local community performance set in 1917, it tell the story of Private John … Read more

Annual Outing Friday 19th May 2017

The Glens of Antrim Historical Society Annual Outing Friday 19th May 2017 Proposed Itinerary   9.00am: Bus departs Sheskburn House, Ballycastle 9.30am: Bus departs St Mary’s Parish Centre, Cushendall 11.00am: Arrive Clifton House, tea/coffee and scones served on arrival Tour of Clifton House Tour of Clifton Street Cemetery 2.00pm: Arrive Crumlin Road Gaol, tea/coffee sandwiches … Read more

ORDNANCE SURVEY MEMOIR FOR THE PARISH OF SKERRY

The Society wishes to thank the Officers of the Royal Irish Academy for kindly permitting the publication of these Memoirs, and the Staff of the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland for its assistance in transcribing the text. There are three memoirs for this parish as for those already published. The first is by Lieutenant … Read more

PRESBYTERIANISM IN GLENARM by S. Alex Blair : This article first appeared in Vol. 9 of The Glynns (1981) and is presented here with additional photographs and hyperlinks.

(Being a resume of part of a lecture on “Presbyterianism in the Glens” given by the author to the Glens of Antrim Historical Society in Cushendall on Friday, 19th September, 1980.  S. Alex. Blair )     Presbyterianism came to Ireland from Scotland, brought by the Planters of the early seventeenth century. Because of its … Read more

OTHER PENAL MASS SITES IN NORTH ANTRIM Rev. Patrick McKavanagh

With the destruction of buildings used for Catholic public worship during the sixteenth century Mass had to be celebrated in strange places, in private homes and huts, in sheds and stables or in the open air. Lest the situation should become unseemly, a Synod of the province of Armagh, which included North Antrim, decreed as … Read more