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.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Killyglen, in and County Antrim | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/27719
Date accessed: 20th May 2024
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