GLENWHIRRY,
an extra-parochial district, in the barony of LOWER ANTRIM, county
of ANTRIM, and province of ULSTER,
6 miles (W. by S.) from Larne, on the
road to Broughshane; containing 1358 inhabitants. According to
the Ordnance survey it comprises 11,368¼ statute acres.
There
is a meeting-house for Presbyterians in connection with the Synod of
Ulster, of the third class. About 80 children are educated in two private
schools, and there is a Sunday school.
