by CBPT_Team | 24 Oct 2019 | Uncategorized
The Ulster History Circle has commemorated Moira O’Neill (the pen name of Agnes Higginson Skrine) 1864-1955, Poet and Novelist, who lived in Cushendun, by unveiling a blue plaque in her memory. The plaque was revealed at the Old Church Centre by Sally Phipps,...
by CBPT_Team | 19 Oct 2019 | Past Projects
Moira O’Neill was a poet and novelist who came to live at Rockport Lodge, Cushendun, when she was a little girl. Born Agnes ‘Nesta’ Shakespeare Higginson in Mauritius in 1864, she was a resident of the village between about 1874 and 1896. During her literary career,...
by CBPT_Team | 5 Sep 2019 | Uncategorized
The first concert in the newly restored Old Church Centre in Cushendun has been hailed as success, selling out weeks in advance. Runabay, a group of six talented young men from the Glens of Antrim, have created new Irish music that builds on traditional and folk...
by CBPT_Team | 2 Sep 2019 | News and Updates
A series of cultural events will take place between Friday 13 and Sunday 15 September in the newly restored Old Church Centre to mark this year’s European Heritage Open Days. The community and heritage centre, which opened its doors in July, will hold a talk by...
by CBPT_Team | 15 Aug 2019 | News and Updates
An exhibition charting the history of Cushendun as a holiday resort has opened at the newly restored Old Church Centre in the County Antrim village. ‘Greetings from Cushendun’ takes visitors on a journey from the building of the Coast Road in the 19th Century...