m a d m a n ' s • w i n d o w

The “Madman’s Window” is a natural, window-shaped gap in limestone boulders looking out towards the Irish Sea.

 

The name comes from a local tale about a man from the nearby village of Glenarm (County Antrim), who lost his sweetheart in the waters of Glenarm Bay. It is said that the heartbroken man, losing his grip on reality, came here every day and simply stared out to sea, apparently waiting for his sweetheart to return to him.

 

Here's a much better composition than mine, taken around 1865, when the surrounding area wasn't so overgrown: www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/8115421964

 

I'm pretty sure the dapper gentleman in the picture isn't the original madman!

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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

(John 3:16)

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