Ballycastle Museum
25th November 2024
Address: 59 Castle Street Listing: B2 (Built Heritage at Risk NI Ref: 05/15/002) Construction date: 1740-1759 (Historic Buildings Record HB05/15/016), 1736 (PRONI D2977/3A/2/29/1) Year Owner/leasee Business […]
25th November 2024
Castle Street has long been the centre of Ballycastle. With it’s origins in Colonel Hugh Boyd’s development of the town in the 1730s and 40s, the […]
25th November 2024
Extracts from the Ordnance Survey Memoirs A useful starting point to understand the social history of Ballycastle can be found in the Ordnance Survey Memoirs compiled […]
22nd November 2024
In 2024, St Patrick’s and St Brigid’s Primary School, Ballycastle, took part in a pilot project to encourage young people to become more engaged with their […]
15th November 2024
This public talk was delivered by Colm Donnelly as part of our ongoing Ballycastle Museum redevelopment project supported by The National Heritage Lottery Fund. In the […]
15th November 2024
This public talk was delivered by Jonathan Gray as part of our ongoing Ballycastle Museum redevelopment project supported by The National Heritage Lottery Fund. What started […]
27th June 2024
As part of our Ballycastle Museum restoration and extension programme, supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Causeway Coast and Glens Museum Services worked in partnership […]
1st June 2024
At this year’s Rathlin Sound Maritime Festival, Causeway Coast and Glens Museum Services, together with the Friends of Ballycastle Museum, were delighted to announce the launch […]
11th March 2024
The programme of Fireside Talks for 2024 featured a series of talks by guest speakers focused on the heritage of Ballycastle and the wider Causeway Coast […]
1st January 2024
The building now housing Ballycastle Museum was constructed in 1735 or 1736 to be used as the manor courts, administering justice locally for Ballycastle. Court sessions […]
3rd April 2023
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council is awarded a £200,000 grant by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to restore, extend and refurbish Ballycastle Museum. Causeway Coast […]
28th July 2021
Have your say and help to shape the future of Ballycastle Museum Members of the public are being encouraged to have their say on the future […]