Group Visit to the Public Record Office, Belfast.

    The Glens of Antrim Historical Society is organising a group visit to the Public Record Office so that those interested can familiarise themselves with the layout of the building and how to make use of the computer systems. A member of PRONI staff will be available to demonstrate how to access records for … Read more

Glenarm Visit – Friday 13th May

There will be a visit to Glenarm on Friday 13th May 2022 at 11.00am, meet at the Castle garden car park. It will commence with a guided walk/tour of Glenarm village, followed by a tour of Glenarm Castle at 12 noon, our guide for the Castle, will be the Earl of Antrim.  The tour will … Read more

Friday 22nd February, Talk by Dan Bradley in St Mary’s Parish Centre Cushendall at 8pm

DNA and Family Roots   The February lecture of the society will be given by one of Ireland’s leading academics.  Professor Dan Bradley, head of the Molecular Population Genetics Lab in Trinity College Dublin, will deliver a talk entitled “4,000 year old Rathlin Island, Human Genomes and Irish Origins’ Professor Bradley has an extensive academic … 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

January Lecture: The speaker on Friday 22nd January…

…will be Leonard Quigg, a committee member of the Glens of Antrim Historical Society, and the subject of his illustrated presentation will be “Robert Quigg V.C. – a Bushmills Hero.” Rifleman (later Sergeant) Robert Quigg was a soldier in The Royal Irish Rifles during The Great War of 1914 – 1918 and he was awarded … Read more

QUILTING By Mrs. Rose Emerson

(This article first appeared in 1975 in Volume 3 of The Glynns.  It is presented here with additional photographs and hyperlinks; also offered is the poem“The Quilting” by native Glens Poet Siobhan ni Luain) Glens Feis, Waterfoot, Glenariffe. My mind goes back seventy years to 1904 and the first Feis in the Glens.One wonders about … Read more