Here we have a collection of photographs of the Glenshesk as it passes through the seasons. The weather, landscape, nature itself, traditions, and the everyday work on the farm are ever-changing, and these photos give a wee glimpse of what you might see if you venture up the Glen.
Ancient Fairy Tree at Drumacullion, Glenshesk, Ballycastle with Rathlin Island and the sea in the distance. Photo – Niall McCaughan
Tullaghmore Cross, Glenshesk
Harvesting At The Hollow, Glenshesk, with the Causeway Coast in the background
Sheep on Duncarbit hill with Glenshesk glen behind, looking towards the sea and Rathlin Island
Horses galloping in Glenshesk, Ballycastle
Cutting silage, Aghaleck, Glenshesk, Ballycastle
Snowdrops @ Duncarbit, Glenshesk. Photo – Niall McCaughan
Wool bales collection, 1980’s Duncarbit
Additional feed at lambing, Duncarbit Mountain
Kevin McCaughan, branding sheep, Duncarbit, 1980’s
Sheep electric shears, Glenshesk
Chasing sheep along the main road, Glenshesk
Hand shears for sheep, Glenshesk
Silage bales, Glenshesk
Tractor spraying weeds, Glenshesk, June 2018
Goat at Glenshesk, Ballycastle
Ducklings, Loughan, Glenshesk, Ballycastle
Ponies in Glenshesk
Donkey’s In Glenshesk
Sheepdog in Glenshesk, Mar19
Sheepdog and sheep, Glenshesk, Aug18
Cattle in Brackney, Glenshesk, May 2019
Bulls in Glenshesk, Ballycastle
Henry’s Step, Glenshesk River, Ballycastle. Photo – Niall McCaughan
Easter. Easter egg rolling, or throwing in this case, Glenshesk, Ballycastle, 2017
Photograph taken on the “Fank”, Duncarbit, March 2013 of a digger trying to get through a 10ft snow drift. Photo courtesy of Una McCaughan
Noel contemplating the horse power of the quad! Photo courtesy of Una McCaughan
Soay’s, Glenshesk, Ballycastle
Taking in silage at Clare, Glenshesk, Jul2018
Glenshesk Squirrel
Halloween, Glenshesk, Ballycastle
Baling at Broughmore, Glenshesk
Egg rolling at Easter in Glenshesk
Ewe lambs ready for the sale, photo by Brian McCaughan, August 2017
Frogspawn, Glenshesk
Gathering sheep at Teaughs, Glenshesk, November 2015
Glenshesk in the summer, Jul18
Glenshesk in the winter sun, Nov18. Photo – Niall McCaughan
Heading home on the Quad, with Knocklayde Mountain in the background, Glenshesk. Photo – Niall MCaughan
Cutting the Hedges, Glenshesk, Jun18
Herding Sheep in Glenshesk by Quad
Horsepower in Glenshesk with Noel leading the way!
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Knocklayde from Greenans, 2020
Jacks House, Glenshesk by Aidan McCaughan
View of Rathlin from Knocklayde summit, Glenshesk, ,Jun10
Lazy beds with wild bluebells, Glenshesk
Glenshesk from Clare. Photo – Niall McCaughan
A good view for the cows, Glenshesk
Quad and Co, Glenshesk, Ballycastle, Oct18
Rathlin from Glenshesk
Silage Baling at Blacks, Glenshesk
Snowtree in Glenshesk, Ballycastle, January 2018
Weed Spraying , Glenshesk, Jun18
Spreading slurry, Glenshesk
Squirrel at Glenshesk, Glens of Antrim
Taking in silage at Clare, Glenshesk, Jul2018,2
Taking in Silage, Browns, Glenshesk
Thorn berries and lichen give a Christmas feeling in Glenshesk
Tools of the trade, on a Glenshesk farm
View from Drumacullin across Duncarbit and Glenshesk to the sea, 2010
View from Drumacullin across to Cushendun
View of Glenshesk down to the sea, Jul18
British Grassland Society visit to Duncarbit Farm, Glenshesk, 1980’s. Photo – Una McCaughan
Corvally Standing Stone, Glenshesk, Ballycastle, April 2021. Photo – Niall McCaughan
20210413_152536, April 2021. Photo By Niall McCaughan
Uaigh, Drumacullin, in Glenshesk at Sunset, April 2021. Photo by Niall McCaughan
A good seat at an ancient fairy tree, Glenshesk
Silage baler at Brackney, Glenshesk, Ballycastle, 2020
Sheep in sun, Whin in the background, Uaigh, Glenshesk, May17. Photo – Niall McCaughan
View down Glenshesk, 2019
Animal drinking trough straddling two fields, Glenshesk, Ballycastle
Coolaveely on a Summer day, Glenshesk, Ballycastle. Photo – Niall McCaughan
Hay kicker, Broughmore, Glenshesk, Ballycastle, 2020
Fairy Tree, Drumacullin, Glenshesk, Ballycastle, 2021. Photo – Niall McCaughan.
View of Doonfin, Corvally, and Glenbank, Glenshesk, from Knocklayde, 2019
View of Drumacullin & Glenbank, Glenshesk, from Knocklayde, 2019
View of Duncarbit, Glenshesk, from Knocklayde, 2019
View of Greenans, Ardeen, Loughan, Tenaghs, and Clare Mountain Glenshesk, from Knocklayde, 2019
View of Greenans, Glenshesk from Knocklayde, 2019
Glenshesk landslide on the Inlet, November 1998
Spreading lime on the Big Field, Duncarbit, Glenshesk, 1970’s
Snow being cleared from road above The Hollow, Glenshesk, 1970’s. Photo – Niall McCaughan
Snow being cleared from road below The Hollow, Glenshesk, 1970’s. Photo – Niall McCaughan
Snow tractor, Glenshesk, 1980’s. Photo – Niall McCaughan
Mountain flock in Glenshesk in the snow, Dec17, Photo by Brian McCaughan
Crow trap used to catch crows, which can attack newborn lambs. Tried out in 1980’s, but no success.
Breen Forest, Glenshesk
Salt left off by Causeway Coast & Glens Council along the roads in Glenshesk, in preparation for a cold Winter
Breen Forest, Glenshesk, Ballycastle, one of the oldest oak forests in Ireland
River on Drumavoley Road, Glenshesk, Jan 2016. Photo Niall McCaughan
Glenshesk River, Glenshesk, Ballycastle
Baby rabbit, Glenshesk Ballycastle
Derelict farm with a view, Clare Mountain, in the September sun, 2021
Rathlin Island from Glenshesk, Dec 2021. Photo – Niall McCaughan
Glenshesk, December 2021
‘Brackney’, Glenshesk, Feb 1974, Photo – Seamus Black
Pond at Breen Forest, Jan23. Photo – Carol Devlin