![]() 1595-1858 Ireland, Diocesan and Prerogative Wills & Administrations Indexes, 1595-1858 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection index.1914-1918 Ireland, Memorial Record: World War I, 1914-1918 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection index and images.1847-1864 Ireland, Griffith's Valuations, 1847-1864 at MyHeritage - index & images ($)ġ885 County Map: Courtesy of London Ancestor.1831 - 1856 Ireland, Valuation Office Books, 1831-1856 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection index and images.1888 Bassett's Book of Antrim, Ireland 1888 at MyHeritage - images ($).1884 Ireland, Thom's Irish Almanac & Official Directory 1884 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection index and images.1880 Ireland, Thom's Irish Almanac, 1880 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection index, images available on Findmypast.1856 Henderson's Ulster Directory, Ireland 1856 at MyHeritage - images ($).1845-1958 Ireland Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection index and images.1845-1913 Ireland Civil Registration, 1845-1913 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection index and images.1701-1845 Ireland, Catholic Qualification & Convert Rolls, 1701-1845 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection index and imagesĬivil Registration.1623-1866 Ireland, Diocesan and Prerogative Marriage License Bonds Indexes, 1623-1866 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection index.Presbyterian Historical Society Church House 1911 Ireland Census, 1911 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection index.1901 Ireland Census, 1901 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection index.List of County Antrim Catholic Parishes.General County Research Information įurther information about County Antrim is available at the Genuki site.Ĭivil Jurisdictions and Parish Research Information The population of Antrim is roughly 618,108 people. Having captured most of the largest towns of the area, they then marched south towards Dundalk. Later in the year a major expedition from England landed in Belfast Lough and successfully laid siege to Carrickfergus. After the advance of the Irish Army under Richard Hamilton, all of County Antrim was brought under Jacobite control. In 1689 during the Williamite War in Ireland, County Antrim was a center of Protestant resistance against the rule of the Catholic James II. Islandmagee had, besides antiquarian remains, a notoriety as a home of witchcraft, and during the Irish Rebellion of 1641 was the scene of an act of reprisal, for the massacre of Protestants, against the Catholic population by the Scottish Covenanter soldiers of Carrickfergus. The Spanish vessel La Girona was wrecked off Lacana Point, in 1588 with the loss of nearly 1,300 lives. In 1588 the Antrim coast was the scene of one of the 24 wrecks of the Spanish Armada in Ireland. A revival of Gaelic power followed the campaign of Edward Bruce in 1315, leaving Carrickfergus as the only significant English stronghold.ĭuring the Tudor era in the 16th century numerous adventurers from Britain attempted to colonise the region many Scots settled in Antrim around this time. In the late 12th century Antrim became part of the Earldom of Ulster, conquered by Anglo-Norman invaders. Between the 8th and 11th centuries Antrim was exposed to the inroads of the Norse. who were pre-Gaelic Celts and probably related to the Picts of Britain. In the early Middle Ages, southern County Antrim was part of the Kingdom of Ulidia. In ancient times, Antrim was inhabited by a Celtic people called the Darini. In more recent times, that migration came in the other direction, and the area became the home of a number of Ulster Scots Planters. Carrickfergus means Rock of the rock of Fergus Mór mac Eirc, one of the legendary founders of Dalriada in Argyll, which grew to become the Kingdom of Scotland. As a coastal region facing Scotland, the county has some of the earliest and most continuous interaction with that country within Northern Ireland.
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