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GLENWHIRRY, a district (extra-parochial), in the barony of LOWER-Antrim, county of Antrim, and province of Ulster, 6 miles (W. by S.) from Larne, on the road to Broughshane; containing 1358 inhabitants.
According to the Ordnance survey it comprises 11,368¼ statute acres. There is a meeting-house for Presbyterians in connection with the Synod of Ulster, of the third class. About 80 children are educated in two private schools, and there is a Sunday school.
from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837.
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| Glenwherry Presbyterian, Glenwhirry, Presbyterian |
| Glenwherry Presbyterian, Glenwhirry, Presbyterian |
The transcription of the section for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.
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