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BALLY cAs'r1.e.. (33
i there, in the 16th century, by Viscount Dunluce, one
F of the ancestors of the illustrious house of M.‘Donnell.
1 It isdivided into two parts, the upper and- lower. The
I latter is usually called’ the quay, where are the houses of.
. Captain Boyd, H.,Boyd, Esq., E.-Macildowney,,Esq., and
9 the old Custom-house, now converted into a barrack.
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On a bank divided from the quay by a narrow channel, ‘ ::I',:$E';f:-E
3 ' stands the Glass-house, in a state of ruin and dilapidation. , K
rj,‘he,upper town is approached by along, straight avenue, it
sheltered by rows of lofty full grown trees. At the g i
entrance of this avenue are some excellent houses, and the if E T2::.
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approach to the town is altogether an agreeable drive. 3
The town of Bally Castle may be said tube the creation
of one enterprising man solely, Hugh Boyd, Esq., to-
whom Alexander, Earl of Antrim, in 1736, granted a
lease in perpetuity of all coals, pits, mines, &c. from.
Bona-Margy monastery, on the west, to the cliff‘ called‘
Fair Head, eastward; and three miles southward from
the sea coast. The only rent paid for this grant is, the.
twelfth ton of coal, delivered at. the mouth of the pit :. the"
5 honking, shipping, &c. are charges‘ deducted: from the:
chief rent, and are estimated at 23. 8d. per ton. Mr..
Boyd becoming possessed of so valuable an interestin.
the vicinity of Bally Castle, undertook improving‘ the.
harbour, as the most certain mode of establishing the ‘:
commercial character of the place. Thevsituation of the. ,
bay is particularly exposed to- the north-west winds,
which, encountering the island of Baghery in their way,.
i drive in a tremendous sea hetween that island and Bally
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Castle. ‘While. the shipping were without protection 2‘
from these winds and turbulent waters, it was in vain to:
expect Bally Castle could become a place of commerce.
.Application.was. made, and parliamentary aid to the
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