Antrim takes its name from Aontroim, ‘the lone ridge’ — a county of dramatic contrasts, from the volcanic columns of the Giant’s Causeway to the nine green Glens that tumble down to the Sea of Moyle.
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Antrim takes its name from Aontroim, ‘the lone ridge’ — a county of dramatic contrasts, from the volcanic columns of the Giant’s Causeway to the nine green Glens that tumble down to the Sea of Moyle.
This is the land of Rathlin Island, where Robert the Bruce is said to have watched his patient spider, and of Bushmills, licensed to distil since 1608 — the oldest legal whiskey distillery in the world.
