Antrim

Antrim stands near the northern shore of Lough Neagh, where the Six Mile Water reaches the great lake. A castle and a market settlement developed beside the river, and an older round tower recalled the area's early ecclesiastical life. On 7 June 1798 the town became the scene of a major engagement in the United Irish rising in Ulster. Insurgents advanced toward Antrim from several directions, but troops and local defenders had gathered to meet them. The attack failed after fighting in the town, and the rising in the district was broken.