Cushendun

Cushendun

Coordinates: 55°07′31″N 6°02′34″W / 55.12526°N 6.04265°W / 55.12526; -6.04265

Cushendun
Irish: Cois Abhann Duinne/Bun Abhann Duinne
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Cushendun is located in Northern Ireland
Cushendun

 Cushendun shown within Northern Ireland
Population 138 (2001 Census)
District Moyle
County County Antrim
Country Northern Ireland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BALLYMENA
Postcode district BT44
Dialling code 028
EU Parliament Northern Ireland
UK Parliament North Antrim
NI Assembly North Antrim
List of places: UK • Northern Ireland • Antrim

Cushendun (from Irish: Cois Abhann Duinne meaning "beside the River Dun" – otherwise known in Irish as Bun Abhann Duinne meaning "foot of the River Dun"[1]) is a small coastal village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It sits off the A2 coast road between Cushendall and Ballycastle. It has a sheltered harbour and lies at the mouth of the River Dun and Glendun, one of the nine Glens of Antrim. The Mull of Kintyre in Scotland is only about 15 miles away across the North Channel and can be seen easily on clear days. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 138 people.[2]

The nearby hamlet of Knocknacarry, which is closely related to Cushendun, is located approximately 0.6 miles to the west.

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History

Cushendun Bridge

Cushendun village, was designed for Ronald McNeill, the Conservative MP and author later Lord Cushendun in the style of a Cornish village by the architect Clough Williams-Ellis. He is buried in the Church of Ireland graveyard near his nationalist cousin Ada or Ide McNeill, Roger Casement's friend and admirer who died in 1959. Cushendun is part of Down and Connor, Ireland's second largest Catholic diocese.

Since 1954 most of the village and the parkland around Glenmona to the north has been owned by the National Trust. Cushendun's picturesque coastal setting in the heart of the Antrim Coast and Glens Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, together with its unique architectural inheritance, resulted in designation as a Conservation area in 1980.

People

  • Poet Moira O'Neill's home was across the bay from Cushendun. She was the mother of Molly Keane, the noted Irish writer.
  • The English poet John Masefield and his wife, Constance, younger daughter of Nicolas Crommelin of nearby Rockport, spent many holidays in the town.

Robert Emmets GAC

In 1904 Dominic Quinn, Daniel Black and Willie McLaughlin founded the first Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in Cushendun known as the Brian Boru’s. The club participated in the first Feis-na-nGleann in 1904 and after defeating Glenarm, lost to Carey in the final of the “Shield of Heroes”. In 2004 the club celebrated its centenary in a large marquee located in the grounds of Glenmona House. Nicky Brennan (then president of the GAA) and other GAA dignitaries from throughout Ireland joined in the celebrations.

During most of their existence Cushendun has been a junior hurling club but on a few occasions has moved up to the senior ranks. The club played Gaelic football in 1934 and 1972 but history and tradition in a small parish meant that the game was never popular and it failed to flourish for any significant period of time. The pinnacle of the clubs achievements has been the winning of the All County Senior Championship in 1931. Since that date the Intermediate Championship has been won on three occasions-1973, 1992 and 2007. The Junior Championship was also secured in 1963 along with several Feis competitions and leagues. Camogie has been played with a fair degree of success during several periods throughout the past century but has always been difficult to maintain.

One of the major highlights of the clubs history was the construction of the new pitch in 1967/68 followed by the building of the new pavilion which was officially opened by then president of the GAA Jack Boothman in 1995. A second floodlit pitch was added to the complex at Lig-na-Arigid Park in 1999.[3]

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