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Many of the plots of families who trace their roots to the 17th century settlement of the area can be found here. St. John's Parish Church, around which the cemetery is sited, dates back over 400 years....

This area has strong connections with the Anglo-Norman Agnew family, and the cemetery has many stones of early families associated with the castle and surrounding areas....

A shallow bank and ditch some 270 feet in diameter encloses an earthen cairn about 50 feet in diameter and 10 feet high. Excavation of the cairn in 1980 showed the mound to have contained a stone-lined chamber with the remains of a Stone Age adult male and a child buried around 350 B. C. and accompanied by decorated Neolithic pottery....

Glendun :- "Brown Glen", this glen has the wildest scenery of all the Glens....

An old spanish Chestnut tree which can be found there is said to have grown from a seed in the pocket of a sailor drowned off the coast during the time of the Spanish Armada in 1588; legend has it that his body was washed ashore and buried at Cairncastle. Other interesting graves in the cemetery include that of local clergyman and historian Rev. Classon Porter, who once lived at nearby Ballygally Castle and whose tombstone is in the shape of a Celtic Cross. Inside the church is a baptismal fon...

One of the mot significant prehistoric cemeteries in Europe. Despoiled by quarrying over many years, the remaining monuments consist mostly of dolmens and small passage tombs. Now under the protection of the office of Public Works, which provides a guide service during the summer months, the preservation of these remarkable stones is ensured....

Glenshesk :- "Sedgy Glen", wild and unspoilt....

This old cemetery at Ballycarry includes the ruins of Ireland's first Presbyterian Church within its boundaries, as well as the grave of the first Presbyterian minister in Ireland, Rev. Edward Brice, who died in 1636. Some 50 graves of general historical note are marked as part of the Templecorran cemetery Project and uided tours for groups canbe arranged by the Ballycarry Community Association....

Take the road north west for Gleann Cholm Cille (Glencolumbkille). You will reach a junction where you take the left fork, signposted Malinbeg. After a few km, Glenmalin Court Cairn is signposted, left.

The landscape in this are is bleak and wonderfully wild....

This classical-style church was built in 1827. Its site was donated by James J. Taylor of Swords House. The church has been altered over the years.

A two-storey vestry was added to the rear in 1879 and in 1924 the facade was altered by Francis P. Russell.

Among those interred in the graveyard are some prominent legends in Irish history, most notably A.J. Kettle (1833-1916), the famous Irish patriot who was known as Parnell's "right hand man"....