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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 .
Dunluce Castle (/ d ʊ n ˈ l uː s /; from Irish Dún Libhse) [3] is a now-ruined medieval castle in Northern Ireland, the seat of Clan MacDonnell. It is located on the edge of a basalt outcropping in County Antrim (between Portballintrae and Portrush ), and is accessible via a bridge connecting it to the mainland.
St Patricks (C of I) Parish Church, The Cloney, Glenarm, Ballymena BT44 0AB Church Larne B+ B HB06/02/071: Upload Photo. Former court house (now Glenarm Baptist Church) 43-45 Toberwine Street Glenarm Ballymena BT44 0AP Church Larne B+ B+ HB06/02/037: Upload Photo. 27-29 Altmore Street Glenarm Ballymena BT44 0AR House Larne B+ B1 HB06/02/019 ...
The main events take place at Glenarm Castle. The festival was first held in 1995 and has grown to include Highland Games, [2] celebrity chef demonstrations, performing arts, live music, craft stalls and children's entertainment. [3] As part of the festival, Glenarm Castle also hosts outdoor concerts known as "DalriadaLIVE". [4]
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]
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.