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Definition: Antrim from The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide

Administrative region in the central-northeastern area of Northern Ireland, serving an area in the centre of County Antrim, and bordering the north and east shores of Lough Neagh; area 421 sq km/163 sq mi; population (2001) 48,400. The towns under the council's remit include Antrim, Toomebridge, Crumlin, Randalstown, and Templepatrick. The principal sources of employment include information technology, the communications industry, transport, engineering, and agriculture.


Antrim

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Historic county of Northern Ireland, occupying the northeastern corner of Northern Ireland, with a coastal eastern boundary; area 2,830 sq km/1,092 sq mi. The principal towns and cities are Belfast , Larne (port), Antrim, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Lisburn, and Carrickfergus. The county borders Lough Neagh , and is separated from Scotland by the North Channel, which is only 21 km/13 mi wide at Torr Head, the narrowest point. The Antrim Mountains (highest point 554 m/1,817 ft) run parallel to the coastline. The main rivers are the Bann and the Lagan, and there are peat bogs. Administrative responsibility for the county is held by the councils of Belfast, Larne, Antrim, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Lisburn, Moyle, Carrickfergus, and Newtownabbey. The coast road that stretches from Larne to the west past the Giant's Causeway to the resort of Portrush follows 97 km/60 mi of beautiful coastline. The first 45 km/28 mi were blasted out from the chalky cliffs in 1834. Other notable natural features…
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From Brewer's Britain and Ireland
Originally OCelt Oentreb ‘one house’, from aon ‘one, single’ + treabh ‘house’, reinterpreted as Irish Aontroim ‘single ridge’ with droim ‘ridge’. A market and industrial town in County Antrim, some 20 km (12 miles) northwest of Belfast, where the Six Mile Water enters LOUGH NEAGH . There is a 28-m…
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From Brewer's Dictionary of Irish Phrase and Fable
(Irish Aontruim , ‘single ridge’). A county of Ulster set in the northeast corner of Ireland with a population of 642,000 (1981) and an area of 2830 sq km (1092 sq miles). The county was named after the town of Antrim (population 23,500), the original name of which in Irish was Aontreibh (pronounced…
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From Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary
County in NW Michigan. See table at michigan . Town, Hillsborough co., S New Hampshire, on Contoocook River 22 mi. (35 km.) W of Manchester; pop. (2000c) 2449; first settled 1741; incorp. 1777. Former county, NE Northern Ireland; bounded on N by Atlantic, NE and E by North Channel, on SE by Belfast…
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From The Oxford Companion to British History
was until 1973 one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, with close links with Scotland, 13 miles distant from Torr Head: there is a major ferry route from Larne to Stranraer and Cairnryan. The county is bounded on the west by the Bann, and to the south by Lough Neagh and the Lagan. The Giant's…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland; population (2001) 20,000. It is situated on the Six Mile Water where it enters the northeast corner of Lough Neagh, 28 km/17 mi northwest of Belfast. Antrim is a manufacturing and market town with engineering, electronics, and construction industries as well…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Historic county of Northern Ireland, occupying the northeastern corner of Northern Ireland, with a coastal eastern boundary; area 2,830 sq km/1,092 sq mi. The principal towns and cities are Belfast , Larne (port), Antrim, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Lisburn, and Carrickfergus. The county borders Lough…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Town and district (pop., 2001: 48,366), Northern Ireland. It is also the name of a former Northern Irish county. The town borders Lough Neagh . In 1798 it was the scene of a battle in which several thousand nationalist insurgents led by Henry J. McCracken were defeated by the British. A busy market…
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Full text Article Antrim, Donald

From Encyclopedia of American Literature Full text Article Volume 4
(b. 1958–) American novelist Selected by The New Yorker in June 1999 as one of the “20 writers for the 21st Century,” Donald Antrim was born in New York in 1958. His first novel, Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World (1993), is a slim but replete absurdistsatire of civic duty and contemporary chaos…
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Full text Article Antrim, County

From Brewer's Britain and Ireland
A county of Northern Ireland, bounded to the south by Down and Armagh, to the west by Tyrone and Londonderry, and to the north and east by the North Channel. The county town is BELFAST , and other towns include ANTRIM , LARNE , CARRICKFERGUS , BALLYMENA and LISMORE 2 . In the northeast are the…
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Full text Article ANTRIM, EARL OF (McDonnell) (Earl I 1785)

From Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage 2008
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ALEXANDER RANDAL MARK MCDONNELL , 9th Earl; b 3 Feb 1935; s 1977, but continued to be known as Viscount Dunluce until 1995; ed Downside, Ch Ch Oxford, and Ruskin Sch of Art; Keeper of Conservation, Tate Gallery 1975–95, Head of Collection Sers 1990–93, Dir 1993–95; Member Exec Cttee City and Guilds…
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