churches historical antrim

The small Anglican parish church which was rebuilt in 1815, has a lovely position close to the water, backed by whin covered slopes. Inside is a memorial to the Rev John Martin, who was rector here in 1723-40, and monuments to members of the Gage family, the resident landlords of Rathlin from the eighteenth century.

Mrs Catherine Gage, who died in 1862 is commemorated by two shapely maidens in diaphanous gowns of gleaming white marbke. The Gages have gone now but they built the long low...

Layd served as the parish church for the Cushendall area from the medieval period until the later 18th century. The medieval church, traditionally dedicated to St. Kieran, and formerly roofed with thatch, is a simple, long rectangle in shape, to which a tower - still retaining the imprint of its original wicker shuttering on the ground-floor vault - was added sometime around the 16th century.

The church and adjoining cemetery was traditionally one of the burial places of the MacDonnel...