Cushendall, the Glossary
Cushendall, formerly known as Newtownglens, is a coastal village and townland (of 153 acres) in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.[1]
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- Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Northern Ireland
- Civil parish of Layd
A2 road (Northern Ireland)
The A2 is a major road in Northern Ireland, a considerable length of which is often referred to the Antrim Coast Road because much of it follows the scenic coastline of County Antrim; other parts of the road follow the coasts in Counties Down and Londonderry.
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All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Club Championship, known simply as the All-Ireland Club Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA).
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Antrim Coast and Glens
The Antrim Coast and Glens is an area of County Antrim in Northern Ireland, designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in 1988. Cushendall and Antrim Coast and Glens are areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Northern Ireland.
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Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB;, AHNE) is one of 46 areas of countryside in England, Wales, or Northern Ireland that has been designated for conservation due to its significant landscape value.
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Ballymoney
Ballymoney (Baile Monaidh, meaning 'townland of the moor') is a town and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Barony (county division)
A barony is an administrative division of a county in Scotland, Ireland, outlying parts of England and historically France and Sardinia.
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Belfast
Belfast (from Béal Feirste) is the capital city and principal port of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan and connected to the open sea through Belfast Lough and the North Channel.
Belfast Telegraph
The Belfast Telegraph is a daily newspaper published in Belfast, Northern Ireland, by Independent News & Media, which also publishes the Irish Independent, the Sunday Independent and various other newspapers and magazines in Ireland.
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Bill Drummond
William Ernest Drummond (born 29 April 1953) is a Scottish artist, musician, writer, and record producer.
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British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.
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Causeway Coast and Glens
Causeway Coast and Glens is a local government district covering most of the northern part of Northern Ireland.
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Chloroform
Chloroform, or trichloromethane (often abbreviated as TCM), is an organochloride with the formula and a common solvent.
Civil parishes in Ireland
Civil parishes are units of territory in the island of Ireland that have their origins in old Gaelic territorial divisions.
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County Antrim
County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, located within the historic province of Ulster.
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Court cairn
The court cairn or court tomb is a megalithic type of chambered cairn or gallery grave.
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Curfew
A curfew is an order that imposes certain regulations during specified hours.
Cushendun
Cushendun is a small coastal village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Cushendall and Cushendun are villages in County Antrim.
Dál Riata
Dál Riata or Dál Riada (also Dalriada) was a Gaelic kingdom that encompassed the western seaboard of Scotland and north-eastern Ireland, on each side of the North Channel.
Franciscans
The Franciscans are a group of related mendicant religious orders of the Catholic Church.
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Glenariff
Glenariff or Glenariffe is a valley in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Glenariff Forest Park
Glenariff Forest Park is an 1185 hectare (2928 acre) forest in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
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Glenarm Lower
Glenarm Lower is a barony in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
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Glens of Antrim
The Glens of Antrim (Irish: Glinnte Aontroma), known locally as simply The Glens, is a region of County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Cushendall and Glens of Antrim are areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Northern Ireland.
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Government of the United Kingdom
The Government of the United Kingdom (formally His Majesty's Government, abbreviated to HM Government) is the central executive authority of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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Hansard
Hansard is the transcripts of parliamentary debates in Britain and many Commonwealth countries.
Hurling
Hurling (iománaíocht, iomáint) is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men.
Irish Republican Army (1919–1922)
The Irish Republican Army (IRA; Óglaigh na hÉireann) was an Irish republican revolutionary paramilitary organisation.
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John Hewitt (poet)
John Harold Hewitt (28 October 1907 – 22 June 1987) was perhaps the most significant Belfast poet to emerge before the 1960s generation of Northern Irish poets that included Seamus Heaney, Derek Mahon and Michael Longley.
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Layd
Layd (Irish: Leithead) is a civil parish and townland (of 219 acres) in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Cushendall and Layd are civil parish of Layd and townlands of County Antrim.
MacDonnell of Antrim
The MacDonnells of Antrim (Gaelic: Mac Domhnaill), also known as the MacDonnells of the Glens, are a branch in Ireland of the Scottish-based Clan Donald.
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McQuillan GAC Ballycastle
McQuillan GAC Ballycastle (Irish: MacUílín CLG Baile an Chaisleáin) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the town of Ballycastle in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
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Megalith
A megalith is a large stone that has been used to construct a prehistoric structure or monument, either alone or together with other stones.
Mull of Kintyre
The Mull of Kintyre is the southwesternmost tip of the Kintyre Peninsula (formerly Cantyre) in southwest Scotland.
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North Antrim (Assembly constituency)
North Antrim (Ulster Scots: North Anthrim) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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North Antrim (UK Parliament constituency)
North Antrim is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons.
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North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland)
The North Channel (known in Irish and Scottish Gaelic as Sruth na Maoile, in Scots as the Sheuch) is the strait between north-eastern Northern Ireland and south-western Scotland.
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Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland that is variously described as a country, province or region.
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Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA, Gníomhaireacht Thuaisceart Éireann um Staitisticí agus Taighde) is an executive agency within the Department of Finance in Northern Ireland.
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Placenames Database of Ireland
The Placenames Database of Ireland (Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann), also known as italic, is a database and archive of place names in Ireland.
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Poet
A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry.
Provisional Irish Republican Army
The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Provisional IRA), officially known as the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and informally known as the Provos, was an Irish republican paramilitary force that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate Irish reunification and bring about an independent republic encompassing all of Ireland.
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Royal Ulster Constabulary
The Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) was the police force in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 2001.
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Ruairí Óg GAC
Ruairí Óg Gaelic Athletic Club, also known as Ruairí Óg and Cushendall is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Cushendall, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
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Scotland
Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
Sunday World
The Sunday World is an Irish newspaper published by Independent News & Media.
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The Troubles
The Troubles (Na Trioblóidí) were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998.
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The Troubles in Ulster (1920–1922)
The Troubles of the 1920s was a period of conflict in what is now Northern Ireland from June 1920 until June 1922, during and after the Irish War of Independence and the partition of Ireland.
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Thomas D'Arcy McGee
Thomas D'Arcy McGee (13 April 18257 April 1868) was an Irish-Canadian politician, Catholic spokesman, journalist, poet, and a Father of Canadian Confederation.
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Townland
A townland (baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: toonlann) is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering.
Ulster Special Constabulary
The Ulster Special Constabulary (USC; commonly called the "B-Specials" or "B Men") was a quasi-military reserve special constable police force in what would later become Northern Ireland.
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Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand.
2011 United Kingdom census
A census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years.
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See also
Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Northern Ireland
- Antrim Coast and Glens
- Cavehill
- Cushendall
- Glens of Antrim
- Lagan Valley
- Mourne Mountains
- Ring of Gullion
- Sperrins