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Bisset made Glenarm his capital, and by 1260 there was a castle, which stood at the centre of the present village, with a kitchen garden, an orchard and a mill, as well as woods and meadows. The old village courthouse still incorporates some of its walls, indeed an immured skeleton was discovered there in the 1970s.
The family seat is Glenarm Castle, near Glenarm, County Antrim, in Northern Ireland. The Dunluce Cup is awarded at the Larne Music Festival by the Viscount or Viscountess Dunluce, heir to the Earl of Antrim. [3] The McQuillan family held Dunluce before the McDonnells, but they were overthrown during the 1500s and were not granted any peerage.
Glenarm Forest Park is an 800-acre (3.2 km 2) nature preserve once part of the demesne of Glenarm Castle, but now in public and maintained by the Ulster Wildlife Trust. Other notable features include a salmon fishery and Glenarm Castle.
Lord Antrim died at Glenarm Castle on 19 July 1855 and was buried at Bonamargy in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. As he died without male issue, the earldom passed to his younger brother, Mark McDonnell. [6] His widow, the dowager Countess of Antrim, died at Beaufort Gardens, South Kensington, London on 26 January 1883. [1]
Lord Antrim worked as an art restorer for the Tate Gallery, holding the posts of Keeper of Conservation, 1975–1995, and Director of Collection Services, 1990–1995.He was also a Director of Ulster Television from 1982 to 2000, Chairman of Northern Salmon Co. Ltd, from 2000 to 2008, and Prime Warden of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers for the year 1995–1996.
A certain ghost by the name of Ann Bissett was in the 19th century and may still be known to inhabit Glenarm Castle and its grounds, where she will not appear to MacDonnells, only to others, because of the bitter later history of their families. [44]
Glenarm Castle; K. Kinbane Castle; O. Olderfleet Castle; R. Rathlin Castle; Red Bay Castle; S. Shane's Castle; U. Castle Upton This page was last edited on 19 April ...
Randal Alexander McDonnell, 10th Earl of Antrim DL (born 2 July 1967), previously known as Viscount Dunluce, is a Northern Irish landowner, with an estate based at Glenarm Castle, and a City of London businessman, chairman of Sarasin & Partners LLP a subsidiary of J. Safra Sarasin. He is also a Deputy Lieutenant of County Antrim.