Antrim Ireland

Connor (originally Doire nagcon, the oakwood of the wild dogs), a village near Ballymena, Co. Antrim (Accommodation, Antrim, Ireland), is an old ecclesiastical foundation dating from the latter end of the fifth century; the existing cathedral is an ordinary modern country church with no features of interest.

There is hardly any portion of Ireland containing so many castles as the shores of Locale and Strangford Lough. In Co. Antrim (Holiday Cottages, Antrim, Ireland) the castles were perched on the basalt crags which fringed the coast from Carrick-fergus to Dunluce and Dunseverick.

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Posted on February 16th, 2008 under History. Comments: 1

The province of Ulster provides important material for the study of Irish Stone Age antiquities.  As well as Stone-Age antiquities, Ulster has produced some finds of associated objects of unusual interest and value, including the gold ornaments found at Broighter and the important crannoge finds, of Iron Age date, from Lisnacroghera, Co. Antrim (Hotels, Antrim, Ireland). The province has proved rich in Bronze Age antiquities, and it would seem that from early Neolithic times, Ulster has been inhabited by a thriving population. In the Irish Heroic period (which corresponds with the La Tene, or second Iron Age), Ulster, as portrayed by the Irish Sagas, played a prominent part. The relations, hostile or friendly, between Ulster and Connaught, lie at the base of the prose epics belonging to the Cuchulainn cycle. (See Irish Folklore, Irish Literature)

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Posted on February 16th, 2008 under History. Comments: None