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The Larne Times reported on the building of the promenade saying it was ‘very nice…all along from Chaine Memorial Road, and a new connecting path to the main road at the side of the old limekilns is a wonderful improvement’. The work had been carried out by Mr James Ferris ‘with some difficulty and danger, as in several places large masses of overhanging rock had to be removed’. When was the promenade completed?

1896

1899

1902

1905

The old Larne Harbour was still in existence in 1815 and the quay at the end of the present Quay Street (formerly Quay Lane), along with the Bank Quays, handled all the shipping in and out of Larne at the time. Much of the land around the Circular Road/Quay Street area has now been reclaimed, but people used to be able to draw a boat into their backyard and put to sea from their back door on which street?

Curran Road

Main Street

Hope Street

Cockle Row

Quay Lane was renamed Quay Street in 1929. What facility used to be located at the bottom of Quay Lane in the early 19th century?

Fever Hospital

Police Barracks

Revenue Service Station

The steamer ‘The State of Louisiana’, sailing from Glasgow to New York via Larne, sank on Hunters Rock off Larne in 1878. It was rediscovered in 1966 when Belfast Sub-Aqua Club found what item bearing the crest of the ship?

Chamber Pot

Ship's Bell

Cutlery

Rowing regattas attracted large crowds throughout the early part of the 20th century, particularly in the 1930s and 40s, but when was the first regatta held in Larne Lough?

1860

1867

1900

1910

Two lighthouses were built on the Maidens Rocks in 1829 and functioned until 1903 when the East Tower light was improved and the West Tower light was discontinued. The last keeper left the East Tower light when it became automatic. What year was this?

1968

1970

1977

1982

The building work for Ballylumford Power Station began in 1941, but it was in 1891 that Larne, along with Sligo, became the first towns in Ireland to be lighted with electricity. The ‘Larne Electric Light Works’ were located at the lower end of Point Street. A new power station was built in 1920 in Coastguard Road at Curran Point. How was this station powered?

Steam

Coal

Two diesel engines taken from German U-boats surrendered at Armistice

There are many myths and legends in the local area. According to one legend what was caught in a fisherman’s net in Larne Lough in AD 571?

A mermaid

The Salmon of Knowledge

A selkie

Larne Lough was the departure point for many emigrants during the 18th century, including the ‘Friend’s Goodwill’ which left in 1717. A monument to those who left these shores was unveiled in May 1992. It shows a typical family as they prepare to set out on their journey across the Atlantic. An added feature is that one of the boy’s shoes has been created as a birdbath! Where is this statue located?

Chaine Park

Curran Park

Town Park

Actress Valerie Hobson (1917-1998), who features in a recent mural on Point Street in Larne, was born near Larne Harbour in 1917. Her father served at Larne Naval Base for two years during WW1. In the 1930s, 40s and 50s she appeared in several Hollywood films including ‘Werewolf of London’ and ‘Bride of Frankenstein’. On what street was she born?

Bay Road

Chelmsford Place

Chaine Memorial Road

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