Route, County Antrim

54°57′29″N 6°30′22″W / 54.958°N 6.506°W / 54.958; -6.506

Dunluce Castle, the seat of the Lords of the Route

The Route (Irish: An Rúta)[1] was a medieval territory in Gaelic Ireland, located on the north-east coast of Ulster. It stretched between Coleraine and Ballycastle and as far south as the Clogh River.[2] Originally part of Twescard, a county of the Earldom of Ulster, it was later ruled by the MacQuillans and then the MacDonnells.

  1. ^ "An Rúta/Route". The Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  2. ^ McNeill, T. E. (1983). "The Stone Castles of Northern County Antrim". The Ulster Journal of Archaeology. 46. The Ulster Historical Society: 101. JSTOR 20567904.