Braid, County Antrim. Where is it?

[robbieg]

        According to my GGGrandfathers marriage certificate (Scottish BMD) he was born about 1815 in Braid, County Antrim. I cannot find an exact location using Google search, it gives me the Ballymena area. There are no Townlands or Civil Parishes of that name that I can find. Further searches
gave me the RC parish of Glenravel and Braid and the Presbyterian parish of Braid-island. Doing a search on this site I found someone else who had an ancestor listed on a marriage certificate as being born in Braid, county Antrim in 1817.
        Does anyone know where this area is?
                         gillie   

[aghadowey]

Welcome to Rootschat.
The Braid is an area not a townland which might be why you are having trouble finding it.
The website below (even though it's about sheep) will give you an idea:
www.antrim.net/braidsheep/index.htm
"Braid District near Broughshane, Ballymena."  "The 'Sheddings' a focal point for the local community is located in the scenic heart of County Antrim - six miles from Ballymena. The River Braid cuts through this valley on its Journey through the award winning village of Broughshane and then on to the District Town of Ballymena and into Lough Neagh."

Presbyterian Churches are grouped in Presbyteries, not parishes. However, I did find this reference which might be what you refer to:
"The parish of Braid-island in the county of Antrim, which contains 5,000 acres Irish plantation measure, was the first Presbyterian parish of the Plantation in the reign of James I. which had a Presbyterian Minister."
-from www.libraryireland.com/articles/BraidIslandDPJ1-28/index.php

[Christopher]

Hello Gillie,

There's a map on this link which shows the Sheddings and the Braid Valley http://tinyurl.com/73ujmn

Martin Cassidy, the BBC NI rural affairs correspondent, describes the Braid as a rural townland of Ballymena. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4615813.stm

Christopher

[Anne_T]

Try Braade Townland in County Donegal.

[aghadowey]

Welcome to Rootschat but this query is over ten years old and Braid is an area in County Antrim not a townland in County Donegal.

[DGBunch1972]

Hi Robbie.

I am also a Gilliland that has connections to Rachel O'Hara of Braid. She is my GGGG Grandmother and married around 1805 to John Gilliland. They had a son named Robert Gilliland and then moved to West Kilbride in Scotland.
I am looking for info on Rachel O'Hara's family.

[Kiltaglassan]

Welcome to RootsChat but the OP for this thread has not been online here since January 2009 and is unlikely to reply.

[LH]

Hi DGbunch1972

As Aghadowey previously mentioned, Robbieg’s query was posted in 2009.

Regards

[robbieg]

DGBunch1972 Hi cousin. I would be interested in sharing info etc., with you. Eventually found out that Braid was an electoral division when the Ulster Covenant was signed.