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BALLYCARRY is the site of the remains of the first Presbyterian church ever to be built in Ireland, Templecorran , with a memorial to its first minister, who was ordained in 1613. The church 's graveyard contains the tombs of some of the supporters of the 1798 Rebellion, including that of James Burns, whose cryptic gravestone can only be deciphered using the following key: the numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 represent the vowels "a", "e", "i" and "o" respectively, and 5 and 6 the letter "w". Another United Irishman, James Orr - better known as the Bard of Ballycarry, Ulster's answer to Robbie Burns - is also buried here, and some ringing verses in dialect are carved into his tombstone. There's also a grand Masonic memorial of 1831, which bears a patriotic poem about Ireland: "Erin, loved land! From age to age, Be thou more great, more famed and free". The author might not have been impressed by the huge and colourful gable-end mural of William of Orange astride a prancing white horse which adorns one of the village houses. Five miles along the back road from Ballycarry nestles the picturesque village of GLENOE , visited for its pretty waterfall and for Maud's Ice Cream Factory (Mon-Fri 8am-4pm), where you can discover the intricacies of the production process and sample such flavoursome varieties as the award-winning "Pooh Bear and Guinness" in the factory's cafe.
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