**Cushendun beach** Traditional Cache
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Cushendun meaning "beside the River Dun"
Cushendun is a small coastal village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is situated off the A2 coast road about 20 kilometres to the south east of Ballycastle. It has a sheltered harbour and lies at the mouth of the River Dun and Glendun, one of the nine Glens of Antrim. The Mull of Kintyre in Scotland is only 15 miles away across the North Channel and can be seen easily on clear days. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 138 people and is situated in the Moyle District Council area.
Cushendun village, was designed for Ronald McNeill, the Conservative MP and author later Lord Cushendun in the style of a Cornish village by the architect Clough Williams-Ellis. He is buried in the Church of Ireland graveyard near his nationalist cousin Ada or Ide McNeill, Roger Casement's friend and admirer who died in 1959. Cushendun is part of Down and Connor, Ireland's second largest Catholic diocese.
Since 1954 most of the village and the parkland around Glenmona to the north has been owned by the National Trust. Cushendun's picturesque coastal setting in the heart of the Antrim Coast and Glens Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, together with its unique architectural inheritance, resulted in designation as a Conservation area in 1980.
Thanks to the National Trust who authorised this placement.
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