placenamesParkmore
An Pháirc Mhór
Parkmore’s industrial remains connect the Glenravel mines with ambitious transport schemes and the later railway tourist service to Glenariff.
The name
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Recorded forms
- An Pháirc Mhór · Irish · main form · validated name
- Parkmore · English · main form
Place & story
James Fisher’s route to the coast
James Fisher opened mines in the Glenravel hills in 1866 and built a horse-drawn tramway from Legegrane to the road at Parkmore. Ore continued from there by cart to Red Bay pier. Historian Kevin O’Hagan describes the difficulty of moving heavy loads over poor roads, particularly in winter, as a central problem for the district’s mining companies. [2]
The wire tramway
An overhead wire tramway, completed in 1872, carried ore from the Cargan district towards Red Bay through Parkmore. Steam engines drove an endless rope carrying suspended buckets. The scheme was disabled when someone cut the rope near Essathohan Bridge on 13 July 1873. A contemporary reward notice sought information, but O’Hagan’s account leaves responsibility unresolved. [2]
The passenger station
The Heart of the Glens industrial heritage audit records a precast-concrete station building at Parkmore dating to 1921, replacing the earlier station. It belonged to the railway service bringing visitors towards Glenariff. Its construction material is a notable part of its interest: the audit identifies it as an early surviving example of precast construction on an Irish railway. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Antrim
- Barony
- Glenarm Lower
- Civil parish
- Layd
- Coordinates
- 55.01318, -6.13955 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1166558 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Parkmore. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- The Cargan to Red Bay Wire Tramway: A Unique Photograph, The Glynns volume 15 (1987) · Kevin J. O’Hagan, in collaboration with Jimmy Irvine; Glens of Antrim Historical Society
- Industrial Heritage Audit for the Heart of the Glens: Parkmore Station, p.82 · Causeway Coast and Glens Heritage Trust, Heart of the Glens Landscape Partnership
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-05-26. How this page was prepared.