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Glynn

An Gleann

Basalt walls, sandstone details and an 1840 date stone distinguish the village church.

Watercolour and fine ink of the dark stone St John's Church at Glynn, with its small entrance porch and two pointed windows.
St John's Church at Glynn, County Antrim, as photographed in May 2006.
Recorded locationGlynn54.82808° N · 5.80675° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

gleannglen

These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.

An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.

Recorded forms

  • An Gleann · Irish · main form
  • Glynn · English · main form

Place & story

An early Victorian church

Saint John’s Church in Glynn was designed by Charles Lanyon. Its foundation stone was laid in 1839, and the building opened on 9 December 1840 before its consecration on 20 July 1841. The small rectangular church combines basalt walls with sandstone window surrounds and a projecting entrance porch. A date stone records 1840, while a sandstone bellcote rises above the western gable. The churchyard also contains the ruins of an older church. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Antrim
Civil parish
Glynn
Coordinates
54.82808, -5.80675
Mapped area
1.42 km²
Logainm ID
1166175 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

1911 census

205People recorded
60Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • McBroom 15
  • Todd 13
  • Craig 12
  • McClelland 10
  • Brown 9
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1926 census

This year is outside the available dataset’s coverage. This does not indicate a population of zero.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Glynn. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Saint John’s Church, Glynn: historic building record HB06/06/012, surveyed 5 September 1997 · Department for Communities, Historic Environment Division
  3. St John's Church at Glynn, County Antrim illustration: based on a St John's Church, Glynn by Albert Bridge. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2019-06-27. How this page was prepared.