3 Bedroomed cottage, sleeps 6
Features include:
the 3 available cottages sleep 6, 4 and
4 disabled facilities family orientated accommodation, accommodation for pets
suitable for relaxing mini-breaks or several weeks the area offers many leisure facilities and is suitable for outdoor family holidays. The sea of Moyle and the Blue Hills of Antrim offer unrivalled scenery from the cottages.
The cottage living room is spaciousand suitable
for families, come home to a real fire burning either wood or traditional turf. The cottages also have oil fired central heating. Play facilities include an enclosed garden, swings, slides and an outdoors family/play room. The pine kitchen has all the conveniences expected in a modern cottage
including, microwave, washing machine, electric cooker and fridge, there is also a tumble dryer on site. the cottage also contains a visitors sofa bed.Cots and high chairs are available on request. The bathroom has shower and bath facilities, linen and towels are provided.
Lurig Cottages are situated 2 km from Cushendall, which is the centre of the World famous Glens of Antrim. The entire coastline is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Cushendall is an attractive village nestled in the Heart of the Glens of Antrim between the hills and the sea of Moyle. The area's natural beauty was officially confirmed when it was designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). It is located at the bottom of Ballyeamon, one of the famous nine glens. Lurig Cottages are suitable for disabled guests, families and pets. You are assured of a warm welcome
by the owners.Patrick Gerard and Noreen Delargy
Lurig Cottages are located approximately 1 mile from
Cushendall in Glen Ballyeamon.
Directions
From Belfast
1. Take the M2 motorway out of Belfast towards Antrim/Airport/Ballymena.
2. Follow the A26 to Ballymena and then take the signs for Coleraine
(to by-pass Ballymena town centre).
3 .Follow the signs for Cushendall.
4. You will eventually get on to the A43 road towards Cushendall/Glenariffe.
5. When pass through the village of Cargan ( A small village in the Mountains).
6. Take a left a few miles beyond Cargan, follow the signs for Cushendall, this is the B14 road.
7. Lurig Cottages are situated on the right hand side of the B14 road.
Sites of Interest
Red Bay Castle
The ruins of Red Bay Castle are located close to Lurig Cottages on the main Coast Road between Waterfoot and Cushendall (on high ground above the Red Arch).
The history of the site dates back 750 years when John and Walter Bisset, banished from Scotland in 1224 for the murder of their uncle, purchased the Glens of Antrim from Richard De Burgo and are said to have built the castle on the site. The existing castle is believed to have been built by Sir James McDonnell around 1561. It was the scene of various struggles and battles in the late 16th century and was abandoned about 1600.
Lurigethan Mountain
The Glens have been recognised as unique in Northern Ireland and have been designated an `Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty'. They include a fifty mile shoreline, forests, open grasslands, peat bogs and mountain uplands rich in history and culture. A long history of settlement and war is marked in the landscape by prehistoric stone tombs, churches and castles.History Human settlement has existed here since neolithic times, and the mountain Tievebulliagh (just north-west of Glenariffe) was important then as one of the few sources of the rock porcellanite. Arrow, spear and axe heads made of this were exported from the area through Europe to the fringes of Asia. After stone came bronze, and the focus shifted to Lurigethan, where a promontory fort enclosed 30 acres of the mountain overlooking Glenariffe and Cushendall.
Ossian's Grave
Just off the main Cushendall/ Ballymoney road this megalithic court cairn is on a hillside in Lubitavish near Glenaan River.
Dating from the stone age, (c.3800 BC) it is believed to be the burial place of Ossian, the Celtic warrior - poet. A stone cairn was erected here in 1989 in memory of John Hewitt, the poet of the Glens.
Layde Church
The ruins of this Church, one of the oldest
and most important historical sites in the Glens, are situated on the Coast Road between Cushendall and Cushendun. Often referred to as a Franciscan Monastery, evidence would indicate that it was in fact a parish church. The exact origins of the site
are unknown but it probably began life as a holy place in the Iron Age or before. It was in ruins in 1622 but was rebuilt about 1696 and remained the site of Protestant worship until the 1800s.
The Curfew Tower
The Tower in the centre of Cushendall was built by Francis Turnley in 1817, to confine riotous prisoners. Francis Turnley, landlord of the village, was born at Richmond Lodge, Co. Down in 1765, his father was also Francis, and his mother was Catherine Black, a member of a wealthy family. His father obtained a position for him in the East India Company and he went to China in 1796 where he amassed a fortune of £70,000. On his return, he bought two estates, one of which included the village of Cushendall. The tower is perhaps the best known Turnley landmark and elaborate and eccentric instructions were laid down for its operation. Dan McBride, an army pensioner was given the job of permanent garrison and was armed with one musket, a bayonet, a brace of pistols and a pike thirteen feet long. The projecting windows on each side of the Tower had openings for pouring molten lead on unsuspecting attackers below! The Curfew Tower is now owned by pop band the KLF, who recently opened it up to artists who have periods of residency in the building.
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