Wrecks and historic events in County Antrim
The Discover Alone map has 147 wrecks and historic events in County Antrim, Ireland. Below are the 60 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.
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2025 Northern Ireland riotsriot2025 Northern Ireland riots is a riot in County Antrim, Ireland. Perhaps anger arrived like a summer storm, breaking…
2009 Massereene Barracks shootingterrorist attackAntrim, County Antrim: 7 March 2009, 21:40, pizza delivery outside Massereene Barracks; AKM fire from a green Vauxhall…
Siege of CarrickfergussiegeSchomberg's army landed at Carrickfergus on 13 August 1689 and immediately turned its guns on the castle that had…
Rose & Crown Bar bombingbomb attackRose & Crown Bar bombing is a bomb attack in County Antrim, Ireland. Perhaps the chamber held warm breath and loud…
1972 Donegall Street bombingbomb attack1972 Donegall Street bombing is a bomb attack in County Antrim, Ireland. Perhaps the street shook before the first…
1971 Scottish soldiers' killingsmurder1971 Scottish soldiers' killings is a murder in County Antrim, Ireland. Perhaps young lives vanished in seconds while…
McGurk's Bar bombingbomb attackMcGurk's Bar bombing is a bomb attack in County Antrim, Ireland. Perhaps the loud noise broke the winter silence while…
FORTIFIED HOUSE; BAWN; site of BATTLE (1641) in StaffordstownFORTIFIED HOUSE; BAWN; site of BATTLE (1641)Fortified house and bawn in Staffordstown, County Antrim, where a battle raged in 1641. Stones may still hold the shape…
Battle of Carrickfergus (1760)Major battlefieldFebruary 1760: François Thurot landed 600 Frenchmen near Carrickfergus, overwhelmed 200 soldiers of the 62nd Regiment…
Battle of Carrickfergus (1597)Major battlefieldCarrickfergus in County Antrim became a bloody reminder that English confidence could break against Gaelic resolve. In…
Battle at SpringmartinbattleSpringmartin witnessed the bloodiest urban fighting in Northern Ireland since direct rule began when a loyalist car…
Abercorn Restaurant bombingbomb attackAbercorn Restaurant bombing is a bomb attack in County Antrim, Ireland. Perhaps the explosion came at dawn, shaking…
Springhill Massacremass shootingSpringhill Massacre is a mass shooting in County Antrim, Ireland. Perhaps bullets struck flesh and bone while residents…- Wreckage scattered on shore in KebbleWreckage scattered on shoreKebble shore holds scattered wreckage from the twentieth century, its broken parts still visible along the waterline.…
- U 680 (prob.)ShipwreckU 680 (prob.) is a submarine wreck lying 120m deep off County Antrim, lost in 1945. Its ghost measure stretches 76m…
- U 968ShipwreckSeventy-six metres of steel and shadow lie 145m down in County Antrim, waiting for the pressure to finish what the sea…
- TiberiaShipwreckFifty-seven metres beneath County Antrim, the steamship Tiberia still stands upright, her bridge collapsed but masts…
- ThrushShipwreckThrush was a salvage steamer lost off County Antrim in 1917, not an ordinary trading vessel but a ship built to pull…
- Thiepval barracks bombingbomb attackThiepval barracks in Lisburn housed the British Army headquarters for Northern Ireland, making it a prime target during…
- TemplemoreShipwreckTemplemore is a steamship lost off County Antrim in 1911, now lying inverted and broken at twenty-two metres. The wreck…
- Taymouth CastleShipwreckTaymouth Castle is a composite ship lost in 1867 near County Antrim, Ireland, now broken up and partly buried at…
- SumatraShipwreckFifteen fathoms of black water hide the Sumatra, a square-rigged ship lost off County Antrim in 1882. Two metres of…
- State of Louisiana (stern section)ShipwreckA three-mast steamer broke into three pieces off County Antrim in 1878, leaving its stern section standing six metres…
- State of Louisiana (bow section)ShipwreckA three-mast steamer broke into three pieces off County Antrim in 1878, leaving a six-metre-tall bow section standing…
- ShackletonShipwreckShackleton is a steam trawler that sank off County Antrim in 1930. The wreck record lists broken-up and scattered…
- Santa LuciaShipwreckSanta Lucia is a shipwreck in County Antrim, Ireland, lost in 1940. The official Northern Ireland wreck record lists…
- Recorded wreck SWR224ShipwreckSWR224 lies stranded in County Antrim sand, its identity erased but its ribbed frame still poking through the…
- Recorded wreck SWR225ShipwreckUnknown wreck SWR225 lies in County Antrim, Ireland, a stranded ghost with a few ribs still piercing the sand. The sea…
- Recorded wreck SWR237ShipwreckRecorded wreck SWR237 is a shipwreck in County Antrim, Ireland. Perhaps the unknown identity hides a violent storm or a…
- Recorded wreck SWR239ShipwreckRecorded wreck SWR239 is a shipwreck in County Antrim, Ireland. Perhaps the unknown name hides a violent storm or a…
- Recorded wreck SWR234ShipwreckSWR234 is an unknown wreck lying 205m deep off County Antrim, Ireland. Its shadow stretches 65m across the seafloor, 5m…
- Recorded wreck SWR235ShipwreckUnknown wreck SWR235 lies eighty-seven metres deep just west of rocky ledges in County Antrim, still resisting clear…
- Recorded wreck SWR238ShipwreckRecorded wreck SWR238 is a shipwreck in County Antrim, Ireland. Perhaps the unknown date and identity conceal a violent…
- Recorded wreck SWR213ShipwreckRecorded wreck SWR213 is a shipwreck in County Antrim, Ireland. Perhaps a submarine lies crushed or intact at forty…
- Recorded wreck SWR266ShipwreckRecorded wreck SWR266 is a shipwreck in County Antrim, Ireland. Perhaps a submarine slid into that deep water and…
- Recorded wreck SWR217ShipwreckSWR217 is an unknown stranded wreck in County Antrim, recorded at minus one metre, deep enough to drown a child but…
- Recorded wreck SWR292ShipwreckSWR292 is a sunken jetty in County Antrim whose piles still break through the shallow water. The wood has gone dark and…
- Recorded wreck SWR219ShipwreckSeventy-six metres below County Antrim, an upstanding mound waits in the dark. The official record calls it unknown…
- Recorded wreck SWR214ShipwreckSWR214 is an unknown stranded wreck in County Antrim, recorded at minus one metre, which means the sea gave back more…
- Recorded wreck SWR244ShipwreckRecorded wreck SWR244 is a shipwreck in County Antrim, Ireland. Perhaps the unknown vessel broke apart during a violent…
- Recorded wreck SWR218ShipwreckUnknown wreck, Unknown coast, depth minus one metre: the facts refuse to assemble. A ship broke every rule of…
- Recorded wreck SWR338ShipwreckRecorded wreck SWR338 is a shipwreck in County Antrim, Ireland. Perhaps the unknown date hides a violent storm or a…
- Recorded wreck SWR371ShipwreckSWR371 is an unknown wreck in County Antrim, recorded 139m deep but rising 13m above the seafloor. Its intact shape…
- Recorded wreck SWR370ShipwreckSWR370 is an unknown wreck lying 125m deep off County Antrim, still mostly intact after whatever disaster stopped it.…
- Recorded wreck SWR317ShipwreckRecorded wreck SWR317 is a shipwreck in County Antrim, Ireland. Perhaps the sea kept the ship because the sky gave up…
- Recorded wreck SWR319ShipwreckRecorded wreck SWR319 is a nine-metre sailing vessel lying intact in County Antrim waters. Its white hull, shoal keel…
- Recorded wreck SWR358ShipwreckDrontheim is a recorded wreck in County Antrim, Ireland, identified in the official Northern Ireland wreck record as…
- Recorded wreck AWR006Aircraft wreckAWR006 is an aircraft wreck lost in 1960 near County Antrim, recorded at 9m depth and possibly completely gone. It…
- Recorded wreck AWR009Aircraft wreckAWR009 is a broken aircraft wreck 78m deep off County Antrim, preserved under the PMRA 1986. It is not a display…
- RaylightShipwreckRaylight is a shipwreck in County Antrim, Ireland. Perhaps the motor vessel still turns its dead wheels beneath…
- Raven (poss)ShipwreckRaven (poss) is a possible schooner wreck in County Antrim waters, recorded as lost in 1847 at about 13m depth. Its…
- Rathlin Island MassacremassacreRathlin Island in County Antrim became a massacre site on 26 July 1575 when English Crown forces under Francis Drake…
- Quinn brothers' killingsbomb attackQuinn brothers' killings is a bomb attack in County Antrim, Ireland. Perhaps the explosion came without warning…
- PintailShipwreckPintail is a steam trawler scattered across six metres of water off County Antrim, having broken apart in 1949. The…
- OvertonShipwreckOverton is a broken shipwreck in County Antrim, lost in 1955 and scattered across forty to sixteen metres of seawater.…
- 1957 Nutts Corner BEA Viscount crashaviation accident1957 Nutts Corner BEA Viscount crash is an aviation accident in County Antrim, Ireland. Perhaps october 23, 1957: a BEA…
- 1988 Lisburn van bombingbomb attackOn 15 June 1988, an unmarked van carrying six off-duty British soldiers exploded in Lisburn Market Square at the end of…
- Normanby HallShipwreckNormanby Hall is a motor coaster lost off County Antrim in 1965. The wreck lies ten metres down, badly broken up, its…
- MoundMound — possible battle site (O'Neill and MacDonnell)Mound in County Antrim may mark a sixteenth-century clash between O'Neill and MacDonnell, though no surviving account…
- LuganoShipwreckLugano is a steamship wreck in County Antrim, lost in 1917 and still upright at 73m. Its measured frame spans 112m, 30m…