BAIRD'S of ANTRIM

This is when Baird's the undertakers had a bar in Church Street.
Taken during the 1940's on the shelves you can see the figurines of ' Winston Churchill ' and ' Monty '.

BAIRD'S of ANTRIM

There has been a building on this site since 1605 and was then renovated in 1905, note the cobbled pavement.
It was the First Pub, Eating House and Stabling for horses in Antrim and was then owned by three brothers called Ferguson.
They had returned to Antrim from America after going there because of the Famine. The first undertakers in the building were called
Blair and Baird, then in 1860 it was owned solely by James Baird and they had horses until 1950.
Jim Baird told me that when they had the horses they had to be in the yard for 5am to get the horses ready.
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BARBICAN GATE

This was originally the main entrance to the castle and was built about 1818 with Tudor towers.
Behind the windows in the centre above the gate is where the gatekeeper would have lived. Just below the windows are displayed
the coat of arms of the Massereene and Ferrard families.
The family motto reads Per Angusta ad Augusta - ' Through hard times to prosperity '
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