Today, Easter Sunday, we visited Galboly, the hidden village.  It is not only a place of peace and great charm well off the beaten track but also one of the few remaining examples of an Irish clachan from more than a hundred years ago.

Nowadays, the houses are in ruins bar one which is occupied by a hermit monk. However, the village in its stunning, romantic setting is dripping with atmosphere,  it is not difficult to time travel.

Just over a century ago, Galboly was on the main road which hugged the Antrim cliffs. However, in 1846-47 came the Coast Road more or less as we know it today.  The construction of this new road relieved the Famine but it cut Galboly off from the rest of the world, leaving the village high and dry.

According to the population censuses of 1841, there were sixty inhabitants.  This had dropped to six by 1951 and to only one today.  However, it remains a truly remarkable place.