GLENWHIRRY, a district (extra-parochial), 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.