Cushendun is a small village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is situated off the A2 coast road about 20 kilometres to the south east of Ballycastle. It has a sheltered harbour and is at the foot of the River Dun and Glendun, one of the nine Glens of Antrim. The Mull of Kintyre in Scotland is only 20 miles away across the Irish Sea. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 138 people. A village is a human settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... County Antrim ( in [Gaelic) is one of the six Irish counties that form Northern Ireland. ... official_languages = Englishde facto5| Dieu et mon droit (Royal motto) (French for God and my right)3 Northern Irelands location within the UK Official languages English, Irish, Ulster Scots Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Area  - Total Ranked 4th 13,843 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked... Ballycastle (Baile an Chaistil in Irish) is a small town in County Antrim in Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom. ... A harbor (AmE), harbour (CwE) or haven is a place where ships may shelter from the weather or are stored. ... The Glens of Antrim, or, simply, the Glens, is a region of County Antrim comprised of nine glens, or valleys, that radiate inward from the coast towards Lough Neagh. ... A mull is an almost exclusively Scottish term for the geographic feature known as a promontory and, often more specifically, for the tip of that promontory or peninsula. ... ... Relief map of the Irish Sea. ... Census 2001 is the name by which the national census conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001 is known. ...

History

Cushendun village, was designed for Lord Cushendun in the style of a Cornish village by the architect Clough Williams-Ellis. Since 1954 most of the village and the parkland around Glenmona to the north has been owned by the National Trust. Cushendun’s picturesque coastal setting in the heart of the Antrim Coast and Glens Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, together with its unique architectural inheritance, resulted in designation as a Conservation area in 1980. Ronald John McNeill, 1st Baron Cushendun (April 30, 1861) - (October 12, 1934) was a British statesman and politician. ... Motto: Onan hag oll (Cornish: One and all) Cornwall, England Geography Status Ceremonial and (smaller) Non-metropolitan county Region South West England Population - Total (2004 est. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... Sir Bertram Clough Williams-Ellis (May 28, 1883 _ April 9, 1978) was an architect, known chiefly as creator of the Italianate village of Portmeirion in North Wales. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The standard of the National Trust The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as The National Trust, NT or The Trust, is an organisation which works to preserve and protect coastline, countryside and buildings in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. ... A conservation area is a tract of land that has been awarded protected status in order to ensure that natural features or biota are safeguarded. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

People

Across the bay from Cushendun, a prominent house was the home of poet Moira O'Neill. Poets are authors of poems, or of other forms of poetry such as dramatic verse. ...

External Links

• Cushendun website
• Cushendun information

References

• NI Neighbourhood Information Service
• Draft Northern Area Plan 2016

See also

• List of towns in Northern Ireland
• List of villages in Northern Ireland