1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ANTRIM, a county in the north-east corner of Ireland, in the province of Ulster. It is bounded N. and E. by the narrow seas separating Ireland from Scotland, the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea, S. by Belfast Lough and the Lagan river dividing it from the county Down, W. by Lough Neagh, dividing it from the counties Armagh and Tyrone, and by county Londonderry, the boundary with which is the river Bann. The area is 751,965 acres or about 1175 sq. m. A large portion of the county is hilly, especially in the east, where…
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