Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland
Route, County Antrim
Route, County Antrim in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
Kenneth Allen — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Route, County Antrim is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Route (Irish: An Rúta) was a medieval territory in Gaelic Ireland, located on the north-east coast of Ulster. It stretched between Coleraine and Ballycastle and as far south as the Clogh River. Originally part of Twescard, a county of the Earldom of Ulster, it was later ruled by the McQuillans and then the MacDonnells.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
[[File:Map of the north of Ireland RMG F2012.tiff|thumb|A map of Ulster from c. 1600, showing the Route and "McWilly [sic] his countrey"]] The territory of the Route had been part of Twescard, a county of the Earldom of Ulster that at its height stretched from the Glens of Antrim to Inishowen. After the murder of the Earl of Ulster in 1333, the Irish chiefdoms rebelled and the Earldom of Ulster eventually collapsed. Almost all of it gradually fell under Gaelic control. By the 1460s, the de Mandevilles, who held manors in Twescard, decided to abandon them, and sold their land to the McQuillans, who according to the Annals of Ulster were already in the region warring with the O'Cahans as far…
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- Coordinates
- 54.9580, -6.5060
- District
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Postcode
- BT44 8SZ
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Antrim
Sources
- wikidata: Q7371357 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Route, County Antrim (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Route, County Antrim?
- Route, County Antrim is in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (postcode BT44 8SZ).
- Is Route, County Antrim free to visit?
- Yes, Route, County Antrim is free to enter.
- How do I get to Route, County Antrim?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode BT44 8SZ. It sits within the North Antrim parliamentary constituency.