35-37 Castle Street, Ballycastle

31-33 Castle Street, Ballycastle

39 Castle Street Ballycastle

35-37 Castle Street, Ballycastle

Project Attributes

Project:

Ballycastle Museum

Owner:

Ballycastle Museum

Date:

7th May 2025

Address: 35 Castle Street

Listing: not listed

Construction date: 1860-1879 (Historic Buildings Record HB05/15/006), 1877-78 (Historic Buildings Record HB05/15/006)

Year	Owner/lessee	Business name	Building use	Notes
				Until 1877/8, the property layouts of nos. 35 and 37 Castle Street were different, occupied by a single low building with eight rooms, noted as being in ill-repair by 1859, with a thatched outbuilding in yard. Record HB05/15/006.
1835	Daniel McLean			Historic Buildings Record HB05/15/006.
1859	Michael Higgins			Historic Buildings Record HB05/15/006.
1864-1897	Michael Higgins			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
1898	Vacant			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
1899-1900	Michael Higgins			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
1901	Anne McKinley			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
1901	David Henry		Dwelling	Census – building no. 21 David Henry, 40, head of family, Presbyterian, auxiliary postman, married Ellen Henry, 40, wife, Presbyterian, married Florence Henry, 10, daughter, Presbyterian, scholar, not married Ethel Maud Henry, 2, daughter, Presbyterian
1902	Samuel Douthart			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
1903-1904	Hugh Mitchell			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
1905-1906	Henry O’Kane			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
1907-1911	Charles Kane			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
1911	Charles Kane		Dwelling	Census – building no. 22 Charles Kane, 65, head of family, COI, retired farmer, married Margaret Kane, 64, wife, COI, married
1912-1924	Charles Kane			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
1925-1928	Annie Wilson			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
1929	Benjamin Wright			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
1930	Michael Moriarty			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
1931	Benjamin Wright			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.

Address: 37 Castle Street

Listing: not listed

Construction date: 1860-1879 (Historic Buildings Record HB05/15/006), 1877-78 (Historic Buildings Record HB05/15/006)

Year	Owner/lessee	Business name	Building use	Notes
				Until 1877/8, the property layouts of nos. 35 and 37 Castle Street were different, occupied by a single low building with eight rooms, noted as being in ill-repair by 1859, with a thatched outbuilding in yard. Record HB05/15/006.
1835	Daniel McLean			Historic Buildings Record HB05/15/006.
1859	Michael Higgins			Historic Buildings Record HB05/15/006.
1878	John McAuley			Historic Buildings Record HB05/15/006.
1883	Charles McKay			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
1884	Vacant			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
1885-1890	William John Hanna			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
1891-1894	John Mitchell			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
1895	John McGuckin?			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
1896	Daniel Gault			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
1897	Jane McCormick			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
1898-1901	Robert Colgan			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
1901	Robert Colgan			Census – building no. 22 Robert Colgan, 36, head of family, Presbyterian, tailor, married Mary Jane Colgan, 35, wife, Presbyterian, married Annie Jane Colgan, 13, daughter, Presbyterian, scholar, not married James Douglas Colgan, 9, son, Presbyterian, scholar, not married Samuel Henry Colgan, 6, son, Presbyterian, scholar, not married Robert William Colgan, 4, son, Presbyterian, scholar, not married Cathline Mary Colgan, 1, daughter, Presbyterian, scholar, not married Hugh Mitchel, 21, boarder, COE, tailor, not married
1902-1911	Robert Colgan			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
1911	Robert Colgan			Census – building no. 23 Robert Colgan, 46, head of family, COI, tailor, married Mary Jane Colgan, 46, wife, COI, married Annie Jane Colgan, 23, daughter, COI, assistant teacher, single James Douglas Colgan, 19, son, COI, groom, single Samuel Henry Colgan, 16, son, COI, stable boy, single Robert William Colgan, 14, son, COI, scholar, single Catherine Mary Colgan, 11, daughter, COI, scholar, single David John Colgan, 8, son, COI, scholar, single
1912-1928	Robert Colgan			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.
1929-1930	Mary J. Colgan			SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.

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