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501:. He was one of many Ulster Presbyterians who fled to America after taking part in the ill-fated United Irish Rising in 1798. He returned to Ballycarry under an amnesty and died in the village in 1816. An imposing monument to Orr, erected by local Freemasons in 1831, is sited in the adjacent Templecorran cemetery. In 2011 a tourist trail, the Weaver's Trail, was officially launched in Orr's honour by the Mayor of Larne, Cllr. Bobby McKee MBE, and was supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
508:, the first Presbyterian minister in Ireland, came to Ballycarry in 1613 and ministered in the Templecorran Church, now in ruins. He was originally from Stirlingshire in Scotland and was brought to the village by William Edmondstone, who settled there in 1609. Brice was one of several Scottish clergymen who were forbidden to preach by the Established Church authorities in the 1630s.
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377:Islandmagee
320: /
266:East Antrim
248:East Antrim
105:2001 Census
45:Ballycarrie
1466:Scawt Hill
1375:Whiteabbey
1350:Loughlynch
1345:Lisnagarvy
1290:Broomhedge
1217:Stoneyford
1177:Mullaghboy
1157:Moneyglass
1127:Maghaberry
1117:Loughguile
1097:Keshbridge
1092:Kellswater
1022:Drains Bay
992:Cushendall
967:Cloghmills
952:Carncastle
937:Capecastle
917:Bendooragh
887:Ballylinny
882:Ballygally
872:Ballycarry
837:Aldergrove
822:Aghagallon
781:Ballymoney
771:Ballyclare
696:Places in
557:References
483:See also:
471:background
469:Protestant
335:Ballycarry
305:54°46′27″N
98:Population
27:Ballycarry
1559:Kilconway
1451:Lough Beg
1416:Fair Head
1384:Landforms
1370:Tobergill
1360:Rathcoole
1355:Monkstown
1305:Dunamuggy
1300:Carnmoney
1270:Artiforty
1262:Townlands
1252:Whitehead
1247:Waterfoot
1227:Stranocum
1212:Roughfort
1207:Rasharkin
1172:Mounthill
1167:Moss-side
1162:Monkstown
1122:Lurganure
1067:Gracehill
1007:Derrymore
997:Cushendun
957:Carnlough
932:Bushmills
912:Balnamore
892:Ballynure
867:Ballybogy
862:Ballintoy
776:Ballymena
619:27 August
544:The late
491:James Orr
434:Transport
424:Education
400:Community
308:5°45′10″W
224:Ambulance
101:981
1627:Category
1501:Baronies
1406:Cavehill
1310:Dunmurry
1187:Parkgate
1152:Milltown
1147:Millbank
1142:Mill Bay
1112:Longkesh
1017:Donegore
907:Ballyvoy
832:Ahoghill
815:Villages
801:Portrush
638:Archived
610:Archived
572:Archived
465:Catholic
114:District
1471:Slemish
1335:Kilroot
1280:Barmeen
1102:Killead
1082:Groggan
1052:Glenavy
1047:Glenarm
1032:Dundrod
1027:Dunadry
1002:Dervock
982:Crumlin
827:Aghalee
731:Lisburn
725:Belfast
512:General
410:Ireland
357:village
355:) is a
150:Country
1340:Lambeg
1222:Straid
1057:Glenoe
1037:Dunloy
942:Cargan
927:Buckna
761:Antrim
733:(part)
727:(part)
717:Cities
337:(from
294:Antrim
200:Police
132:County
1411:Divis
1365:Solar
1237:Toome
1062:Glynn
1012:Doagh
962:Clogh
842:Armoy
791:Larne
753:Towns
613:(PDF)
602:(PDF)
548:chef
504:Rev.
369:Larne
339:Irish
41:Scots
32:Irish
1534:Cary
621:2007
371:and
212:Fire
179:BT38
359:in
190:028
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608:.
604:.
363:,
284:UK
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689:e
682:t
675:v
623:.
107:)
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