AI-generated image of a birthday cake with the words happy birthday Charles Agnew.

AI-rendering of a Harry Payne painting of the 16th Lancers in review order.

Charles Agnew was #bornonthisday 189 years ago, 24th September 1836, in County #Antrim. Son of James and Catherine Agnew, and brother to William and Harriet. The family home until 1865 was Cairncastle Lodge on the #Carnfunnock Estate (now Carnfunnock Country Park) near #Larne. #history

Carnfunnock Country Park history brought to life in new book Turning point in Carnfunnock and Larne history is setting for opening chapter of Avarice of Empire by C.Q. Turnstone (Brindle Books, March 2025)

Super little feature in the Belfast Newsletter about Charles Agnew’s family home on the estate that is now Carnfunnock Country Park near Larne.

#historicalfiction #carnfunnock #larne #history #booksky