Cushendall (from Irish Cois Abhann Dalla, meaning 'foot of the River Dall'ⓘ),[1][3] formerly known as Newtownglens,[3] is a coastal village and townland (of 153 acres) in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

It is located in the historic barony of Glenarm Lower and the civil parish of Layd,[4] and is part of Causeway Coast and Glens district.

It lies in the shadow of the table topped Lurigethan Mountain and at the meeting point of three of the Glens of Antrim: Glenaan, Glenballyemon and Glencorp.

[5] Much of the historic character of the 19th century settlement on the north bank of the River Dall remains, including the mostly-intact Irish Georgian buildings of the town's four original streets.

[6] The Curfew Tower in the centre of the village was built in 1817 to confine riotous prisoners by Francis Turnley — landlord of the town at the time.

Dan McBride, an army pensioner, was given the job of permanent garrison and was armed with one musket, a bayonet, a brace of pistols and a thirteen-foot-long pike.

Oisín's Grave, off the main Cushendall to Ballymoney road, is a megalithic court cairn on a hillside in Lubitavish, near the Glenann River.

There is a stone cross memorial to Dr James MacDonnell, one of the organisers of the last Belfast Festival of Harpists in 1792 and pioneer of the use of chloroform in surgery.

[11] After the incident, the USC claimed they were ambushed by the Irish Republican Army and returned fire, but a British government inquiry, which was declassified almost a century later, concluded that the constabulary's version of events was false.

They became Ulster champions for the first time in the 1981-82 season, when the team captained by John Delargy beat Ballycastle Mc Quillans after a replay.