63-65 Castle Street

October 2024

Project Attributes

Project:

Ballycastle Museum

Owner:

Ballycastle Museum

Date:

28th October 2025

Address: 63-65 Castle Street

Listing: not listed

Construction date: 1740-1759 (Historic Buildings Record HB05/15/018)

Year	Owner/lessee	Business name	Building use	Notes
1835	Denis(?) McElherin and Mrs Blair			HB05/15/018.
1839	Mrs Blair			OSM IX vol.24 (p.125) notes a 1625 date stone, presumed to come from the McDonnell castle, built into the house as door lintel. According to Michael McMullan (15/11/23 and 22/11/23), he donated the date stone to NIEA after taking on the property in 2000. It remained in storage at NIEA/DfC HED until coming back to Ballycastle Museum in 2021 (Entry form E0149). A second datestone is built into the north wall of the graveyard of Holy Trinity Church in the Diamond.
no.63) 1859	George Daly		Shop and dwelling	Property officially split into two premises, both containing a shop and kitchen below, and two rooms above, no.63 to the west, and no.65 to the east, HB05/15/018.
no.63) 1864-1869	Margaret McKay			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
no.63) 1870-1872	Alex McAlister			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
no.63) 1873	Sarah McAlister			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
no.63) 1874	Thomas Babmon(?)			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
no.63) 1875	George Daly			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
no.63) 1879-1883	Thomas McMullen			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
no.63) 1884	Vacant or Thomas Mullen			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
no.63) 1886	Denis McAuley			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
no.63) 1887-1901	Rosetta McAuley			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
no.63) 1901	Rosetta McAuley		Millinery shop	Census – building no.8 Rosetta McAuley, 58, head of family, RC, millenary, widow Mary McAuley, 23, daughter, RC, millenary, not married Lisetta McAuley, 16, daughter, RC, millenary, not married Mary Jane Gillen, 31, visitor, RC, housekeeper-domestic servant, not married
no.63) 1902-1911	Rosetta McAuley			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
no.63) 1911	Rosetta McAuley		Shop and dwelling	Census – building no.8 Rosetta McAuley, 69, head of family, RC, milliner, widow Rosetta Elizabeth McAuley, 26, daughter, RC, milliner, single Catherine Mackenzie, 78, boarder, RC, living private, widow
no.63) 1912-1921	Rosetta McAuley			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
no.63) 1922-1930	Netta McAuley			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
no.65) 1859	James McMichael		Shop and dwelling	Property officially split into two premises, both containing a shop and kitchen below, and two rooms above, no.63 to the west, and no.65 to the east, HB05/15/018.
no.65) 1864	Daniel McConnell and James McMichael			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
no.65) 1865-1886	James McMichael			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
no.65) 1887-1900	Representatives of James McMichael			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
no.65) 1901	Jane McMichael		Dwelling	Census – building no.7 Jane McMichael, 61, head of family, COI, householder, widow
no.65) 1901-1904	Jane McMichael			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
no.65) 1905	Elizabeth Chambers			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
no.65) 1906-1911	Mary Kirkpatrick			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
no.65) 1911	Jane McMichael		Dwelling	Census – building no.7 Jane McMichael, 72, head of family, Methodist, old age pensioner, widow
no.65) 1912-1914	Mary Kirkpatrick			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
no.65) 1915-1921	Jane McMichael			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
no.65) 1922-1926	Netta McAuley			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
no.65) 1927-30	Rosina McHenry			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
1930s				According to Michael McMullan (15/11/23 and 22/11/23), the ground floor property has been a pharmacy since the 1930s. Before that, he believes no.63 housed a cobblers.
1935	Alexander McLean			Both properties revert to single occupancy, HB05/15/018.
1938-1941	Willaim Jameson			HB05/15/018.
1942-1949	Alexander Frayne			HB05/15/018.
1949- after 1972	Anthony (Tony) P. Kelly		Electrical shop and dwelling	HB05/15/018. Tony had the first television set in Ballycastle. His store went on to rent TVs and fix broken electricals (Working Group reviews 19/12/24 and 23/01/25).
	Danny Stevenson		Electrical shop	Danny had worked for Tony Kelly and took over the shop when Tony retired (Working Group review 19/12/24).
1980	Terry Agnew		Electrical shop	First floor apartment created taking in upper floors of both former properties (HB05/15/018). An advertisement in the Newsletter (12/09/1980) names Terry Agnew as a retailer of CB radios.
1991		TJ’s Boutique	Ladies, children’s and baby wear, and shoe repairs	Photo from Chronicle and Constitution Archive, Coleraine Museum collection. Working Group review 19/12/24.
			Kebab shop	TJ’s Boutique was followed by a kebab shop (Working Group review 19/12/24).
			Shoe repairs	The shoe repair shop was contemporary with both TJ’s boutique and the kebab shop which followed (Working Group review 19/12/24).
				HB05/15/018.
2000-2022		McMullan’s Pharmacy	Pharmacy
2016		McMullan’s Pharmacy	Pharmacy and podiatry
2023			Vacant and podiatry
2024 – present		Lir Aesthetics and Wellness Clinic.	Health and wellbeing centre