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In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Killyglen like this:
KILLYGLEN, a parish, in the barony of UPPER GLENARM, county of ANTRIM, and province of ULSTER, 2 miles (W. N. W.) from Larne, on the road from that place to Glenarm; containing 524 inhabitants. This parish, which in the Ordnance survey is called a grange belonging to Killegan parish, comprises 2295 ½ statute acres. ...
It is a rectory, in the diocese of Connor, forming part of the union and corps of the prebend of Connor: the tithes amount to £62. 2. 5 ½. In the R. C. divisions it is part of the union or district of Larne. About 30 children are educated in a private school.
Killyglen is now part of MID AND EAST ANTRIM District. Click here for graphs and data of how MID AND EAST ANTRIM has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Killyglen itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Killyglen, in Mid and East Antrim and County Antrim | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/27719
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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