McAuley’s Head
McAuley’s Head is a headland in Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland. McAuley’s Head is situated nearby to the village Glenarm, as well as near the locality Milltown.Places of Interest
Highlights include HMS Thrush and Glenarm Castle.
HMS Thrush
Disaster remains
Photo: William Frederick Mitchell, Public domain.
HMS Thrush was a Redbreast-class composite gunboat, the third ship of the name to serve in the Royal Navy.
Glenarm Castle
Castle
Photo: GlenarmCastle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Glenarm Castle, Glenarm, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, is the ancestral home of the Earl of Antrim. Glenarm Castle is situated 2½ miles northwest of McAuley’s Head.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glenarm and Ballygally.
Glenarm
Village
Photo: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glenarm is a village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies on the North Channel coast north of the town of Larne and the village of Ballygalley, and south of the village of Carnlough. Glenarm is situated 2½ miles northwest of McAuley’s Head.
Ballygally
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ballygally or Ballygalley is a village and holiday resort in County Antrim, Northern Ireland which lies on the Antrim coast, approximately 3 miles north of Larne. Ballygally is situated 4 miles southeast of McAuley’s Head.
McAuley’s Head
- Type: Headland
- Category: landform
- Location: Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.94831° or 54° 56′ 54″ northLongitude
-5.90404° or 5° 54′ 15″ westOpen location code
9C6PW3XW+89GeoNames ID
2642867
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