A vision of Ireland through time
A vision of Ireland from 1821 onwards.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Ireland through time
A vision of Ireland from 1821 onwards.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Antrim.-- a maritime co. in extreme NE. of Ireland, prov. Ulster; bounded N. by the Atlantic, E. by the N. Channel, SE. and S. by Belfast Lough and co. Down, and W. by Lough Neagh and the r. Bann, which separate it from cos. Tyrone and Londonderry. Greatest length, N. and S., 56 m.; greatest breadth, E. and W., 30 m.; coast-line, 90 m. Area, 762,080 ac. (709,832 ac. of land and 52,248 of water). (For agricultural statistics, see Appendix.) Pop. 421,943, of whom about 190,746 were Presbyterians, 108,344 Roman Catholics, 98,161 Protestant Episcopalians, and 11,842 Methodists. Off the N. coast are Rathlin island and the Skerries; off the E. are the Maiden rocks with 2 lighthouses. The chief headlands are Bengore Head, Fair Head, Garron Point, and Ballygalley Head. The surface consists chiefly of a tableland of basaltic trap, broken by numerous valleys, and presenting on the N. coast the most wonderful columnar formations (see the GIANTS' CAUSEWAY); chief summit, Trostan, 1817 ft. The fisheries on the coast are important. Fine salt is obtained in the district of Carrickfergus. The cultivation of flax and the mfrs. of linen, cotton, and coarse woollens give employment to most of the people. The co. comprises 15 bars., 71 pars., the greater part of the parl. and mun. bor. of Belfast (4 members), and the towns of Antrim, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Carrickfergus, Larne, and Lisburn (part of). For parliamentary purposes it is divided into 4 divisions -- viz., North, Mid, East, and South -- 1 member for each division; the representation of the co. was increased from 2 to 4 members in 1885.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "a maritime county" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 2nd order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Antrim IrlC |
| Place: | County Antrim |
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