ANTRIM
, a See also:market-See also:town in the See also:west of the See also:county Antrim, See also:Ireland, in the See also:south See also:parliamentary See also:division, on the See also:banks of the Six-Mile See also:Water, See also:half a mile from Lough See also:Neagh, in a beautiful and fertile valley
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(19o1) 1826
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It is 21; M. See also:north-west of See also:Belfast by the See also:Northern Counties (Midland) railway, and is also the See also:terminus of a See also:branch of the See also:Great Northern railway from See also:Lisburn
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There is nothing in the town specially worthy of See also:notice, but the environs, including See also:Shane's See also:Castle and Antrim Castle, possess features of considerable See also:interest
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About a mile from the town is one of the most perfect of the See also:round towers of Ireland, 93 ft. high and 50 in circumference at the See also:base
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It stands in the grounds of See also:Steeple, a neighbouring seat, where is also the " Witches' See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
Stone," a prehistoric See also:monument
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A See also:battle was fought near Antrim between the See also:English and Irish in the
See also:ANTWERP
reign of See also:Edward III.; and in 1642 a See also:naval engagement took See also:place on Lough Neagh, for See also:Viscount See also:Massereene and Ferrard (who founded Antrim Castle in 1662) had a right to maintain a fighting See also:fleet on the lough
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On the 7th of See also:June 1798 there was a See also:smart See also:action in the town between the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king's troops and a large See also:body of rebels, in which the latter were defeated, and See also:Lord O'See also:Neill mortally wounded
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Before the See also:Union Antrim returned two members to See also:parliament by virtue of letters patent granted in 1666 by See also:Charles II
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There are manufactures of See also:paper, See also:linen, and woollen See also:cloth
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The See also:government is in the hands of town commissioners
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