Carnlough ( ; ) is a

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County Antrim County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim, ) is one of six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and has a population ...

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. It is situated in

Mid and East Antrim Ulster Scots: ''Mid an East Anthrim'' , settlement_type = District , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_type1 = Constituent country , subdivision_type2 = , subdivision_type3 = , subdivision ...

district, as well the historic

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Glenarm Lower Glenarm Lower is a barony in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. To its east runs the east-Antrim coast, and it is bordered by five other baronies: Cary to the north; Dunluce Lower and Kilconway to the west; Antrim Lower to the south-west; and Glena ...

, and the

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of Ardclinis and Tickmacrevan. It had a population of 1,512 people at the 2011 Census. This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under th
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History

Built heritage

Carnlough's harbour was built by the owners of the quarries west of the village. These were connected to the harbour by means of a mineral tramway network, which include a bridge over each of two parallel streets in the village (both of which remain today). The Londonderry Arms Hotel was built in 1848 as a coaching inn by Frances Anne Vane Tempest, Marchioness of Londonderry, great-grandmother of Winston Churchill. In the school, St McNissis, now known as St Killians, was originally built as a summer residence by Frances Anne.

20th century

On 21 August 1942, a

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, Consolidated Liberator Mk. III (LV340) of No. 120 Squadron had taken off from RAF Nutts Corner, Northern Ireland, on a test flight in heavy mist and subsequently crashed into a hill, Big Trosk Mountain, near Carnlough with the loss of all 8 aboard. including Harry King Goode In June 1980,

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member and Larne Borough Council councillor

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was murdered by the

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as he drove to attend a political meeting on the Marine Road. In April 1987, Loyalist bandsman Andrew Mason was beaten to death by two local men who were subsequently jailed for the killing.

Education

There are three main educational institutions in the area. These are: St.John's Primary School,

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, and Carnlough Controlled Integrated Primary School. The latter was known as Carnlough Primary School up until 2004 - but as the non Roman Catholic population began to dwindle, numbers fell at the school . A primary school in nearby

Glenarm Glenarm () is a village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies on the North Channel coast north of the town of Larne and the village of Ballygalley, and south of the village of Carnlough. It is situated in the civil parish of Tickmacreva ...

has since closed and the two schools have now merged into one integrated school.

Sport

Football

There were two

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junior football teams based in the village. They were ''Carnlough United'' and ''Glencloy Swifts''. Carnlough United was founded in 1964 and started off in the now defunct Larne and District Junior League. In 1994, the club joined the Ballymena Saturday Morning League. At the beginning of season 2007–2008, Carnlough United entered the Junior Division 2 section of the Ballymena and Provincial League. Glencloy Swifts was established in 1994 and following one season in the Larne and District League, the club entered Division 3 of the Ballymena Saturday Morning League. Glencloy Swifts secured their first trophy in 2003 when they won the Crawford Cup. In 2009, Carnlough United and Glencloy Swifts merged to become Carnlough Swifts. Carnlough Swifts play in the first division of the Ballymena Saturday Morning League. The club's reserve team play in the Ballymena & Provincial League Junior Division 3 Carnlough native

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is the manager of

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side

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, a former Northern Ireland schoolboy international and manager of

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reserves, and the former manager of

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. In 2016, he won his first major trophy as a manager, when he guided

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to the Scottish League Cup, completing an undefeated domestic treble later that season.

Gig rowing

Four oared gig racing has a measure of popularity in Carnlough. Up until recently, craft for this sport were the product of local boat builders and during the summer crews may be seen training out on the bay. An annual regatta which takes place in May and attracts who take part in the Round the Rock Challenge. The local rowing club is ''Carnlough Rowing Club'', which has over 100 members and is part of the Irish Coastal Rowing Federation. The club's ladies section competed at the 2007 All Ireland Championships which were held at Union Hall, County Cork. In 2008, the Veteran Ladies won a bronze at the All Irelands which was held in Cairndhu. 2009's All Ireland a combined crew of Glenarm and Carnlough won a silver in the Veteran Men. The club was featured on the BBC documentary programme ''

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''.

Camogie

Carnlough are represented in the Antrim Camogie Association by the St John's club, where they are represented at U12 and U16 level. From March 2008 St. John's started a senior

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team who contest in the 3rd Division of the all-county league.

Politics

Carnlough lies within the Carnlough

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of Mid and East Antrim Borough Council's Coast Road

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. Of the five electoral wards which make up the Coast Road district electoral area Carnlough is the only ward with a Nationalist majority and the only majority Nationalist ward in the whole of the former Larne Borough Council area.

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have seen their vote increase in the area and opened a constituency office in Carnlough in 2012. The twelfth of July celebrations are held in the village every 7 years. The last being in 2007 where a local residents group protested against the parade as well as a Royal Black Preceptory parade.

Demography

Carnlough is classified as a village by the

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(NISRA) (i.e. with a population between 1,000 and 2,499 people). On Census day (27 March 2011) there were 1,512 people living in Carnlough. Of these: *22.62% were aged under 16 years and 14.68% were aged 65 and over *47.69% of the population were male and 52.31% were female *83.86% were from a

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background and 14.22% were from a

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background

Gallery

Image:Canlough 2.jpg, Carnlough Bay Image:Canlough 1.jpg, Carnlough Harbour Image:Carnlough street N-Ireland (2).JPG, Harbour Road Image:View from carnlough.jpg, View of the Antrim Glens from Carnlough Image:Crannyfallscarnlough.JPG, Cranny Falls File:Art Nouveau Carnlough County Antrim 1912.jpg, Local hotel with Art Nouveau decoration

References

External links

Glencloy and CarnloughLondonderry Arms hotel
{{authority control Villages in County Antrim Civil parish of Ardclinis Civil parish of Tickmacrevan Aviation accidents and incidents locations in Northern Ireland