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(723,; . begthat you would grant me leave to remove the body‘
. )5 5; C." ofthe great O'Neill, who lies buried here, to the gravej.
I of his ancestors at Armagh.” The Abbot paused‘
Z1, awhile, then answered, “ Have you brought hither the?
J .' corpse’ of my Lord James of Cantyre, which was interred’
:5 lg” ' amongst the strangers at ArmaghP’,’ To which the friar
73:. 393‘ ($5: replying that he had not, “Then,” said the Abbot,‘
“while you walk over the grave, of my Lord James of-
E3? Cantyre at Armagh, I will trample upon the great O'Neill
':‘ at Glenarm,” and so, at midnight, dismissed his guest. . . '
lj.‘ ll? ‘ On a commanding eminence, enjoying a View of the
, bay, stands the Meeting-house, erected 1762, in front of I
fit: which is the following inscription :- ' ’ - ‘
This house was built in the year of our Lord, 1762; and the inclosed
ground on which it stands, with 50 guineas, was‘ the bountiful;
donation of the Right Hon. Annxmmnn Emu. or Axrnxzu, to
the Dissenters of Glenarm. V
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.7-V‘? The situation of the meeting-house is certainly much the
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H,‘ most beautlful and commanding In the glen, but the
T, building itself is not attractive. ' - ‘ ' ‘ i
, 1 The bay of Glenarm is‘ formed by a deep circular [wind-in
in [= g j ing of the shore, and is protected on each ‘ side by,loftyl x
5:: 4 l gig V headlands. There is deep water here, and a quay might‘
.533 ',,' .; I 1, readily be formed by building upon a natural basaltic pier
4‘: 5 on the north side of the bay. This wouldbe notonly; of
;. great advantage here, but of very universal benefitgto. '
$5 ; ,' if if, the shipping in the northern part of the‘ Irish sea; for,
gal from the tremendous swell Wand‘ preeipitousbyshoretthe
Jl -egg l land is unapproachable when the wind blows from the
;‘ ‘ N. E., nor is there a sheltering’ harbour on this coast from
It i Lough-Foyle to Lame. Further, thefishingtalong the
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