54 Castle Street
52 Castle Street
10th November 2025
56 Castle Street
11th November 202554 Castle Street
Address: 54 Castle Street
Listing: Not listed
Construction date: 1840-1859 (Historic Buildings Record HB05/13/013)
| Year | Owner/lessee | Business name |
Building use |
Notes |
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By the late 19th century, the archway to the left-hand side of no.54 led to a lane known as both New Row and Wilson’s Yard which housed 14 dwellings. SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers lists leases 1884-1930. According to the Working Group review (20/02/24), Scarlett’s (no.41) owned two of the houses in New Row which were used as a store (before 1968). |
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| 1861 | Neal McGoogan (or McGugan) |
Spirit Dealer |
Parish of Ramoan 1861 Valuation of Tenements.
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| 1864 | Neal McGoogan, then Robert Wilson |
SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers. |
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| 1865-1875 | Catherine Wilson |
SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers. |
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| 1876-1879 | Wilson? |
SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers. |
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| 1880-1883 | McKay? |
SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers. |
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| 1884 | William John Hanna |
SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers. |
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| 1885-1886 | Vacant |
SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers. |
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| 1887-1900 | William B. Black | Furniture and household goods |
HB05/13/013 SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers. William Black advertised himself as an agent for Allan Line Shipping and Immigration (Working Group review 20/02/24). |
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| 1901 | Vacant | grocery |
Census – building no.71 |
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| 1901-1910 | Sarah J. Black |
SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers. |
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| 1911 | Robert Black |
SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers. |
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| 1911 | Vacant |
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Census – building no.76 |
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| 1912-1920 | Jane Lawrence and Annie Boyd | Grocery |
SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers. Jane and Annie Boyd were sisters; Jane married Charles Moore Lawrence (Working Group review 20/02/24). |
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| 1921-1930 | Charles M Lawrence and Annie Boyd | Lawrence & Boyd |
Grocery |
SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers. Advertisement in the Northern Whig (09/07/1929 – advert repeated 08/07/1930) states: “Lawrence & Boyd, family grocers, tea and provision merchants, in Castle Street, Ballycastle, carry a select and fresh stock of the best grocery commodities. They specialise as tea blenders, have also fresh cream, butter, and eggs daily; in fact, this is one of the most up-to-date establishments in the county towns of Antrim. A trial will convince.” |
| Late 50s-1972 | Willie McKinney | Grocery, hardware and general merchant |
HB05/13/013 Kevin McAfee (10/12/24). Working Group review 20/02/24. |
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| 1975-2000 | Michael Brady | Brady’s | supermarket |
HB05/13/013 |
| After 2008 | Pop-up shop
Christmas market |
Working Group review 20/02/24. |
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| ?-present | MacQuillan GAC gym |
Working Group review 20/02/24. |
