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Glenarm Castle

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Added on 15 Jan 2019,

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Type of sights

Castle/palace

 

Name and address

Glenarm Castle

Castle Street

GB-BT44 0AB Glenarm

GEO-data

Geodetic coordinates

54.966000 -5.956000

Elevation

11 m

Communication

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Glenarm Castle
Glenarm Castle
Glenarm Castle
Glenarm Castle

Glenarm Castle, Glenarm Wikipedia Icon, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, is the ancestral home of the Earls of Antrim.

There has been a castle at Glenarm since the 13th century, where it resides at the heart of one of Northern Ireland Wikipedia Icon's oldest estates. It was owned by of John Bisset who acquired lands between Larne and Ballycastle from Hugh de Lacy, the Earl of Ulster. 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. In 1495 Con O'Donnell of Tirconnell marched on ‘MacEoin of the Glens’ (as the Bisset chieftain was called), ‘for he had been told that MacEoin had the finest wife, steed and hound in his neighbourhood. O'Donnell had sent messengers for the steed but was refused it so he made no delay, but surmounting the difficulties of every passage he arrived at night at MacEoin's house without giving any warning of his designs. He captured MacEoin and made himself master of his wife his steed and his hound'. The last MacEoin Bisset was killed fighting the O'Donnells in 1522. Their lands were then seized by the MacDonnells, their former partners, who occupied the Bisset’s castle until they built the new one.


The present castle was built by Sir Randal MacDonnell, 1st Earl of Antrim, in 1636, and it has remained in the family since its construction. It is currently owned by Randal, Viscount Dunluce, the son of Alexander McDonnell, 9th Earl of Antrim. The McDonnells have been in Glenarm for nearly 600 years and the Estate has been in the family for 400 years.

Events

The Castle's Walled Garden is open to the public between May and September and hosts many events. In July of every year the grounds are the site of a world-class Highland Games. The Dalriada Festival is also held at Glenarm Castle and within the local village, which celebrates sport, music and fine food from all over Scotland and Ireland. The castle also hosts traditional Ulster Scots cultural events. As part of the Dalriada Festival, Glenarm Castle has started to host large outdoor concerts. As of 2012, it has welcomed artists like General Fiasco, The Priests, Duke Special, Ronan Keating, Sharon Corr, Brian Houston, David Phelps and the likes.

Summer Madness, Ireland's biggest Christian Festival, moved from its annual residence at the Kings Hall, Belfast, to Glenarm Castle in 2012. It is thought this festival will return to Glenarm on a yearly basis for the foreseeable future.

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Wikipedia contributors, 'Glenarm Castle', Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 15 December 2018, 13:55 UTC, <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glenarm_Castle&oldid=873848868> [accessed 15 January 2019]

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Nearby cycle routes and tours

Route nameTypeDist. to route

Derry - Newtownards

Route

0,2 km

The Coast of Northern Ireland

Tour

0,2 km

Larne to Doolin

Tour

0,2 km

Added on 15 Jan 2019,

last edited by »biroto-Redaktion« on 15 Jan 2019