Turf Cutting

Turf Cutting

For centuries turf/peat was the main source of fuel. Most farmers had turf banks either on their own land or had turbary rights to cut turf on the peatland at the top of the glen. Turf was cut in April/May depending on the weather. A very familiar term used locally...
Poultry

Poultry

Rhode Island Red Hens, ducks, turkeys and geese have been a feature of the Irish farmyard for hundreds of years. In 1871 there were c11 million hens on the island of Ireland, today in N. Ireland the number is believed to be in excess of 25m. To a large extent domestic...

Ulster Architectural Heritage Angel Awards 2021

We’re delighted to be Winners of the Ulster Architectural Heritage Angel Awards 2021 for the ‘Best restoration for under a million’ . What wonderful recognition of the many years of hard work that has gone in to get to where we are now. A HUGE THANK...
Cushendun: a Unique Artistic Heritage

Cushendun: a Unique Artistic Heritage

For anyone travelling by bus northwards along the coast, Cushendun is at the world’s end. Most buses turn at Glenmona and go back whence they came. Travellers moving through the village, though, will notice a landscape of extraordinary beauty and charm: the river Dun...

Cushendun Reading Circle

When the doors of Cushendun Old Church opened in the summer of 2019 on an array of lovely new possibilities for the life of the village, many people signed up for Pilates and yoga, activities promising physical agility.  Agile, supple minds were attracted to the...