Rashee, Antrim

Historical Description

RASHEE, a parish, in the barony of UPPER ANTRIM, county of ANTRIM, and province of ULSTER, 2 miles (N. W.) from Ballyclare, on the road from Larne to Broughshane: the population is returned with the parish of Ballyeaston. This parish comprises, according to the Ordnance survey, 6460½ statute acres. It is a rectory, in the diocese of Connor, one portion of it forming part of the union and corps of the prebend of Carncastle, and the remainder constituting part of the perpetual cure of Ballyeaston. See BALLYEASTON and CARNCASTLE.

Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Rashee from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1840 by Samuel Lewis (Rashee)

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Antrim is available to browse.