Steinbeck's Redemption

There is a cave called "O'Haughan's Cave" at the foot of the Knockagh cliffs above Greenisland, just west of the town of ...

Last week I explored further along the old cattle drove road where it survives from the Commons to Dalway's Bawn. This was a new stretch...

The Commons of Carrickfergus appears on the 1832 map (see last post) as a vast, featureless upland moor, devoid of any evidence of human act...

Up till now, I've only been able to show glimpses of the Cattle trail across the Commons of Carrickfergus as it survived after the Commo...

Take these ingredients: 1. Dalway's Bawn; 2. The Cattle Trail across the Commons from Ballynure to the coastal ports linked to Scotla...

(This is the second of a series exploring the history of the Dalway cattle drove trail) Why was Dalway’s Bawn built? We know when, (it was...