Cushendall

Cushendall
Cushendall village with hurling mural
Cushendall is located in Northern Ireland
Cushendall
Cushendall
Location within Northern Ireland
Population1,280 (2011 Census)
District
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBALLYMENA
Postcode districtBT44
Dialling code044
UK Parliament
NI Assembly
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland
Antrim
55°04′58″N 6°03′32″W / 55.082887°N 6.05896°W / 55.082887; -6.05896

Cushendall (from Irish Cois Abhann Dalla, meaning 'foot of the River Dall'ⓘ),[1][3] formerly known as Newtownglens,[3] is a coastal village and townland (of 153 acres) in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is located in the historic barony of Glenarm Lower and the civil parish of Layd,[4] and is part of Causeway Coast and Glens district.

Located on the A2 coast road between Glenariff and Cushendun, Cushendall is in the Antrim Coast and Glens an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It lies in the shadow of the table topped Lurigethan Mountain and at the meeting point of three of the Glens of Antrim: Glenaan, Glenballyemon and Glencorp. This part of the Northern Irish coastline is separated from Scotland by the North Channel, with the Mull of Kintyre about 16 miles away. In the 2011 Census, Cushendall had a population of 1,280 people.[5]

Much of the historic character of the 19th century settlement on the north bank of the River Dall remains, including the mostly-intact Irish Georgian buildings of the town's four original streets. In 1973, it was the second village in Northern Ireland to be designated as a Conservation Area. Since 1990, Cushendall has hosted the Heart Of The Glens festival every August. Thomas D'Arcy McGee, a father of Canadian Confederation, spent his childhood in Cushendall when his father, who worked for the Coast Guard Service, was posted there.[6]

  1. ^ a b Cushendall. Placenames Database of Ireland.
  2. ^ "Forest Recreation in Norlin Airlan". Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. Archived from the original on 23 April 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Cushendall, County Antrim". Place Names NI.
  4. ^ "Cushendall". IreAtlas Townland Database. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Census 2011 Population Statistics for Cushendall Settlement". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). Retrieved 23 June 2021. This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.
  6. ^ K. McGoogan, "Celtic Lightning: How the Scots and the Irish Created a Canadian Nation". Patrick Crean Editions, 2015, p. 104