Macosquin

Macosquin Abbey, formally known as Clarus Fons, was a Cistercian Monastery in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom. The Monastery was located on Abbey Lane, Macosquin, Northern Ireland. The abbey may have owned the churches at Burt and Agivey.

Coleraine College is a secondary school in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It was formed by an amalgamation of the Coleraine Boys' Secondary school and Coleraine Girls' Secondary School and became Coleraine College in September 2001. The headmaster is Mr Marsh and there are currently 233 pupils.

Coleraine Academical Institution (CAI and styled locally as Coleraine Inst) was a voluntary grammar school for boys in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Coleraine Academical Institution occupied a 70-acre (28 ha) site on the Castlerock Road, where it was founded in 1860. It was, for many years, a boarding school until the boarding department closed in 1999. It was one of eight Northern Irish schools represented on the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC). The school had an enrolment of 778 pupils, aged 11–19, as of 2012. The school was generally regarded for its high academic standards and extensive sporting facilities, including 33-acre (13 ha) playing fields, indoor swimming pool, boathouse, rugby pavilion, sports pavilion and gymnasium. The school has an extensive past pupil organisation, "The Coleraine Old Boys' Association", which has several branches across the world. Coleraine Inst was nine times winner of the Ulster Schools Cup, the world's second-oldest rugby competition, in which it competed every year since 1876. The school origins and land are tied to the Worshipful Company of Clothworkers, one of the Livery Companies making up the City of London Corporation.As part of a general re-organisation of schools in the Coleraine area over a number of years, Coleraine Academical Institution was merged in September 2015 with Coleraine High School on Coleraine's Lodge Road and became a fully boys' and girls' grammar school called Coleraine Grammar School.

Coleraine Grammar School is a co-educational grammar school in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland that was established in 2015 following the amalgamation of Coleraine Academical Institution and Coleraine High School. The school is currently split over two campuses in Coleraine. The premises on the Lodge Road houses Years 8 - 10 whereas the Y11 - Y14 pupils attend school on the Castlerock Road.

The Old Courthouse is a former judicial facility on Castlerock Road in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is a Grade B1 listed building.

Loreto College is a Roman Catholic grammar school situated in the Castlerock Road area of Coleraine, County Londonderry, on the north coast of Northern Ireland. Loreto College educates both girls and boys between the age of 11 and 18.

Coleraine Castle was a castle situated at Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The Annals of Ulster reports that the Earl of Atholl, Thomas fitz Roland, built the castle in 1214. It was later destroyed by Hugh de Lacy and the King of Tír Eoghain, Aodh Méith Ó Néill, as evidenced by the same source in 1223.The Annals of Ulster also reports that Thomas reconstructed the castle in 1228. There is evidence to suggest that Thomas may not have been in any position to carry out reconstruction efforts. In 1225, he was owed an annuity of 100 marks in compensation for his Irish losses. In 1227, he declared that he had been impoverished through serving the English Crown in Ireland. If it wasn't Thomas was reconstructed Coleraine Castle, it is possible that Hugh did. However, the only record of Hugh operating in Thomas' lands occurs almost two decades later, in 1241.

Killowen Castle (Irish: Caislen Cill Eoghain) was a castle situated in the parish of Killowen, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The area was once known as Drumtarsy (Druim-tairsigh) and the castle known as Drumtarsy castle. The name "Drumtarsy" is no longer commonly recognized in the local area. Its identification has been aided by historical records, notably the Ecclesiastical Taxation, which lists the church of Drumtarssi between those of Camus and Dunhoe within the Diocese of Derry. The location of Drumtarsy Castle is uncertain. In 1213, according to the annals, English forces under Thomas mac Uchtry built a castle at Coleraine. This construction was considered a destructive event in the region, as most of the town’s cemeteries and buildings, except for the church, were dismantled to provide building materials. In 1288, a church, St. Eugene’s, was built to serve the castle and the surrounding community. The parish took its name from the church, originally known in Irish as Cill Eogain (meaning "Church of Eugene"). Over time, this name was anglicised to Killowen. The area was commonly referred to as "the Castle-side of the river." However, as Drumtarsy Castle deteriorated and was eventually demolished, the name lost relevance. The area later became known as the Waterside. In the mid-13th century, the English crown concentrated its efforts on consolidating control over Ulster and Connacht. The death of Aed O’Neill in 1230 triggered a dynastic struggle within the Cenél Eóghain weakening their resistance to external forces. Donal Mac Lochlainn, with support from the Anglo-Norman administration in Dublin, initially subdued rival O’Neill claimants but was killed in 1241 at the Battle of Camergi, an unidentified site in County Tyrone, by Brian O’Neill, allied with the O’Donnells of Tír Conaill (modern-day County Donegal). Exploiting this instability, John FitzGeoffrey, Justiciar of Ireland under King Henry III, launched a campaign in 1248 to assert royal authority in Ulster. He conducted an eyre, likely reorganizing the province’s administration, and constructed a bridge across the River Bann at Coleraine. Crucially, he built a castle on the west bank of the Bann at Killowen, establishing a fortified base for military operations. From this position, FitzGeoffrey advanced against the Cenél Eóghain, who surrendered hostages and made peace. He later extended his campaign by building another castle at Magh Cobha (modern Ballyroney, County Down), enabling further incursions into central Ulster, reaching as far as Armagh. Drumtarsy Castle remained in use into the late 14th century. In 1382, John Rynaux, Treasurer of Ulster, was ordered to repair the castle, along with the bridge of Coulrath (modern-day Coleraine) and the towers located on either side of the bridge.

Coleraine Bridge, also known as Bann Bridge, Town Bridge or the Old Bridge and sometimes the Old Bann Bridge, is a nineteenth-century masonry road bridge spanning the River Bann (Lower Bann) in Coleraine, Northern Ireland. Opened in 1844, the bridge is the most recent in a succession of crossings built at this location. It is a Grade A listed structure.

The Mount Sandel Mesolithic site is in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, just to the east of the Iron Age Mount Sandel Fort. It is one of the oldest archaeological sites in Ireland with carbon dating indicating an age of 9,000 years old (7,000BC). Gwendoline Cave, County Clare is the only site in Ireland with evidence of human occupation which pre-dates this location. Mount Sandel Mesolithic site is a Scheduled Historic Monument in the townland of Mount Sandel, in Causeway Coast and Glens Council area, at Grid Ref: C8533 3076. It was excavated by Peter Woodman in the 1970s.It has been said that "The Mt. Sandel excavations dominate the picture of the Early Mesolithic (in Ireland) as so few other sites have been excavated and fully published, let alone found. Not only that, but here was evidence for dwellings – until recently it was not until the Neolithic that there was again evidence for houses in Ireland." These excavations revealed the remains of no fewer than ten structures, although these were not all contemporaneous, and a large number of pits, post-holes and hearths. When the structures could be made out most of them were apparently roughly oval in plan and measured approximately 6 metres (20 ft) in width. They had been built over shallow man-made depressions and were defined by stout post-holes. Many of the post holes were inclined towards the centre of the building which suggests that they were for holding saplings which were bent inwards after being driven into the ground to make a tent or tepee like structure. It is assumed that this framework was then covered in hide, reed or some other organic material. Within the huts a hearth was positioned in the centre.It is thought that this site was most likely home to a small extended family group which occupied this site for most of the year. They were hunter-gatherers catching the migrating salmon during the summer, gathering hazelnuts in the autumn and hunting wild boar in the winter. Their robust homes were heated by internal hearths and they represent the only confirmed Mesolithic houses so far found in Ireland.

Mount Sandel Fort is an Iron Age fort in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The remains of the fort are located close to the Mount Sandel Mesolithic site. Mount Sandel Fort mound is a State Care Historic Monument in the townland of Mount Sandel, in Coleraine Borough Council area, at Grid Ref: C8530 3070.

County Hall is a municipal facility in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It served as the headquarters of Londonderry County Council from 1960 to 1973.