LONEWOLF MCC

 

 

 

 

Here in the 21st Century the Lonewolf Motorcycle Club was

founded by a group of local motorcycle enthusiasts. We took out name from the Irish

Wolfhound in the Legend that surrounds Antrim Castle.........

 

"Back in the 17th Century, Marion, wife of Hugh Clotworthy, often walked through the

woods of the lough shore.

One day a wolf startled her. She fainted and on recovering she saw the wolf was dead.

Lying beside her licking her hand was her defender - an Irish Wolfhound.

 

With gratitute the wolfhound was taken to the castle and cared for until one day it

mysteriously disappeared. One stormy night the howling of a wolfhound was heard high 

over the wind, startling the wardens of the castle who quickly lit beacon fires only to

see their enemys gathering below.

 

The hound had raised the alarm and @ dawn the occupants of the Castle saw standing on

the highest turret a figure of the dog transformed into stone. The legend is

commemoriated in a statue carved in 1612......."