Braid, County Antrim. Where is it?

[Kiltaglassan]

robbieg,

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[scotmum]

Possibly already seen, but just adding this for others who may find it useful, as it covers Gilliland family members in the surrounding area:

https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~elsinger/genealogy/gilliland/g0/p652.htm

Do you know what religion your Gillilands were? There are a number of Gillilands of mid to late 1800s or so, mentioned in the book Presbyterianism in Buckna 1756-1992.

[robbieg]

They were more than likely Presbyterian.

[HughC]

By the way,
the original Irish is spelled Bráid, which I think tells us it should be pronounced braad
-- not as in the English word meaning a plait,
though I admit the pronunciation I heard in my youth was brad.

[KGarrad]

In the Isle of Man, there is a place called Braaid -pronounced braid.
Also called Braid in Manorial Rolls of 1543 and 1703.

Manx Breid, Irish Braghad. Literally "Throat, gullet or windpipe" applied to "a gorge, glen, or sheltrtrf vale".

From "The place-Names of the Isle of Man", J.J. Kneen (1925).

Manx Gaelic is quite close to Irish.