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Slemish, County Antrim

Slemish Slemish is a most distinctive mountain in County Antrim. It stands a few miles east of Ballymena, in the townland of Carnstroan. Tradition holds that St Patrick, enslaved as a youth, was brought to this area and tended sheep herds on Slemish, and that during this time he found his calling to serve God in the land. The mountain is the remains of the plug of an extinct volcano and its distinctive appearance in contrast to the tidy fields about its foot causes it to dominate the landscape for miles around. (Read more)