Knockagh Monument

It is located on top of Knockagh Hill, above the village of Greenisland with a panoramic view of the city of Belfast.

The site is 390m (1230 feet) above sea level[1] and is the largest war memorial in Northern Ireland.

A committee was set up with Mr. Henry Barton, the High Sheriff of County Antrim, as secretary to raise £25,000 to erect an obelisk in local basalt, with bronze panels listing the names of all those from Co. Antrim who had died in the Great War.

[2] The foundation stone was laid on 7 October 1922, but financial difficulties delayed work for a decade.

Following Mr Barton's death in 1935, Antrim Rural District Council were asked to adopt the monument and oversee its completion.