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Tilly Malloy's |
Old village Bridge |
Riverside Park |
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The road through the old part of the village follows the curve of the river over a hump back bridge and past the Presbyterian Church. The hump back bridge is a classical example and well worth a walk into the newly created Riverside Park where you can get the best view of its construction. The village was once served by the Ballymoney to Ballycastle narrow gauge railway, the old station house still stands in a farm yard a short distance along the Carrowreagh Road, there is also another interesting railway link to Armoy. A Samuel Fordyce born here in 1735, emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1775 and established the Fordyce family there. His grandson Samuel Wesley Fordyce (1840 -1919) became a leading financier and industrialist in the United States who was a major player in the development of the American railroad, it is estimated he was involved in building and financing over twenty-four thousand miles of track including the Kansas City Southern Railway, the Little Rock Railway, Hot Springs & Western Railroad, St. Louis Valley Railroad, St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad, Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad to name but a few. He declined many opportunities to become involved in politics though he did act on occasions act as advisor to President's Hayes, Harrison and Grant - he was also a close friend and confidant of President McKinley whose ancestral home was in nearby Conagher, Dervock - Samuel Wesley died in 1919, aged 79. |
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