40 Castle Street

38 Castle Street
10th November 2025
42 Castle Street
10th November 2025

40 Castle Street

November 2024

Project Attributes

Project:

Ballycastle Museum

Owner:

Ballycastle Museum

Date:

10th November 2025


Address: 40 Castle Street

Listing: not listed

Construction date: Before 1838 – building present on Ordnance Survey 1st Edition

 

Year Owner/lessee Business name Building use

Notes

1861 Richard Cochrane    

Parish of Ramoan 1961 Valuation of Tenements.

1864-1878 Richard Cochrane    

SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.

1879-1881 ? Simpson    

SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.

1882-1890 Elizabeth Saunders    

SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.

1891-1895 John McCurdy    

SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.

1896-1897 Robert Colgan    

SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.

1898 John Donnelly    

SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.

1899-1930 Hugh Boyd    

SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.

1901 Hugh Boyd    

Census – building no.65

Hugh Boyd, 56, head of family, Presbyterian, farm servant, married

Ann Boyd, 50, wife, Presbyterian, married

John Boyd, 27, son, Presbyterian, trade man stone mason, not married

Martha Boyd, 15, daughter, Presbyterian, scholar, not married

Elizabeth Boyd, 13, daughter, Presbyterian, scholar, not married

Minnie Boyd, 11, daughter, Presbyterian, scholar, not married

Jane Redmond, 13, niece, Presbyterian, scholar, not married

1902-1911 Hugh Boyd    

SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.

1911 Hugh Boyd    

Census – building no.69

Hugh Boyd, 67, head of family, Presbyterian, agricultural labourer, married

Ann Boyd, 62, wife, Presbyterian, married

John Boyd, 37, son, Presbyterian, painter, single

Martha Hill Boyd, daughter, Presbyterian, general servant domestic, single

Annie Boyd, grand daughter, Presbyterian, single

1912-1930 Hugh Boyd    

SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.

1931 Ann Boyd    

SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.

  Jimmy and Mrs Connor    

JMcM research.

Jimmy was a plasterer who worked with Pat McAfee.

 

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