Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins has announced £1.9m in funding for seven active travel projects across Northern #Ireland. These initiatives aim to promote sustainable transport like walking, cycling, and wheeling, enhancing community wellbeing and the environment. The funding, part of the "Foundations for a Better Future" initiative, supports schemes in Mid-Ulster, #Belfast, #Newry, #Mourne and Down, and #Antrim and #Newtownabbey. It will improve infrastructure, introduce e-bikes, and develop greenways. The funding will be allocated over the 2024/25 and 2025/26 financial years, with projects subject to public expenditure processes before final approval.
https://www.infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/news/kimmins-announces-ps19m-greenways-and-active-travel-projects

Rugadh Roibeard Ó Seachnasaigh ar Ráth Cúil i mBaile na Mainistreach i dTuaisceart Éireann ar an 9ú lá de Mhí Márta 1954. Bhí sé ar dhuine de na Poblachtánaigh Éireannacha a fuair bás le linn na mórstailce ocrais ar an gCeis Fhada i dtús na 1980í. 1/2

nine Irish hotels with great romantic walks for Valentine’s weekend – The Irish Times https://www.byteseu.com/709943/ #antrim #AshfordCastle #belfast #cashel #connemara #donegal #ForYou #Ireland #kerry #killarney #magazine #mayo #nature #Valentine'sDay

That might be the proprietor of the Fair Head Hotel in Antrim, Isabella McLaughlin, lurking in the doorway with ducks around her feet. Now known as Hunter's Bar in Ballyvoy. c1887-1900. The National Library of Ireland. No known copyright restrictions.

Three women sitting on Fionn Mac Cumhaill's (Finn Mac Cool) Wishing Chair at the Giant's Causeway, Co. Antrim. They're selling tourist trinkets and books containing views of the locality. c1900. The National Library of Ireland. No known copyright restrictions.

Basement decluttering continues, found lovely painting of Portballintrae #Antrim #northernireland

The viaduct at Carnlough, Co. Antrim, Ireland. c1900. The National Library of Ireland. No known copyright restrictions.

15 Oct 1945: d. Eoin MacNeill, great scholar of early Ireland, patriot, UCD
professor, minister in the Free State government #otd
Also first chair of Irish Manuscripts Commission
who have published the wonderful memoirs of this Glenarm Co. #Antrim native

Conagher's Farm in Co. Antrim, Ireland. This was the ancestral home of William McKinley, 25th US President. c1895. The National Library of Ireland. No known copyright restrictions.

Carrick-A-Rede Rope Bridge, Co. Antrim, Ireland. c1890. The National Library of Ireland. No known copyright restrictions.

A Daimler Wagonette at Larne, Co. Antrim, Ireland. c1899. The National Library of Ireland. No known copyright restrictions.

Carved c. 1612 the Irish Wolfhound which saved the life of Lady Marion Clotworthy, wife of John Clotworthy, Viscount Massereene who d. #otd 23 Sept 1665.
It was originally sited on the battlements of #Antrim Castle and is now at the rear of Clotworthy House.

(Clotworthy House)

26 July 1577: Sir John Norreys carries out a massacre on #Rathlin Island off the #Antrim coast: the MacDonnell garrison of 200 men & also 300-400 women & children who were there #otd

5 June 1646: At the battle of Benburb Co. Tyrone #otd Owen Roe O'Neill inflicts losses of 3,000 on the Covenanters forcing the #Scots general Robert Munro back into #Antrim

31 May 1567: Shane O'Neill travels to Cushendun Co. #Antrim to parley with the Mac Donnells. They would cut his throat there on 2 June.

(NClifton/Quentin Michon)

23 May 1603: Having submitted to Lord Deputy Mountjoy in Aug 1602, Randal MacDonnell is granted his extensive #Antrim territories by the viceroy #otd

These were confirmed in 1604 & with #Rathlin island added to the pot (Kenneth Allen)

Dunville Distillery, Belfast, Antrim, Ireland. c1900. The National Library of Ireland. No known copyright restrictions.

Not Licensed to Sell on Sunday. The Fair Head Hotel in Antrim, Ireland with possibly the proprietor, Isabella McLaughlin, in the doorway with ducks around her feet. c1890. The National Library of Ireland. No known copyright restrictions.

Three women sitting on Fionn Mac Cumhaill's (Finn Mac Cool) Wishing Chair at the Giant's Causeway, Co. Antrim. They're selling tourist trinkets and books containing views of the locality. c1900. The National Library of Ireland. No known copyright restrictions.