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Inside the church which is
open to the public are two beautiful stained glass windows, one depicts Saint Patrick at Slemish mountain. Like
so many small rural village in
Ulster, young men from the area volunteered to go and fight for the cause of freedom and
many lost their lives in the ensuing conflict. One of these was a
David Elder Jamieson who lost his life
aboard HMS Defence at the
Battle of Jutland in 1916. A memorial plaque
to him exists inside the church which was placed there by his mother and sister. Outside in the graveyard you will
also find, like in Bonamargie Friary and Rathlin Island, the graves
of men lost on
HMS Racoon
and HMS Viknor during the First World War. In Ballintoy are the
graves of P.E. Green
RN J/64519, F.C. Sarez Stoker K/44331, E.R. Hewett RN J/27300
1st Boy and W. Griffin
- the Ship's cook from HMS Racoon. Two fields away from the church in
the direction of Whitepark Bay and close to the cliff edge is the site of
another 'famine' graveyard. |
