placenamesAntrim Upper
Aontroim Uachtarach
Lewis recorded a seventeenth-century church serving a wider ecclesiastical union.
Recorded locationAntrim Upper54.73364° N · 6.07781° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Approximate recorded location · Logainm.ie
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Aontroim Uachtarach · Irish · main form
- Antrim Upper · English · main form
Place & story
A church dated to 1659
Samuel Lewis dated Donegore’s church to 1659 in his 1837 account, placing it near the centre of the parish. Donegore’s Church of Ireland living was united with Kilbride and the granges of Nalteen and Doagh under the Bishop of Connor’s patronage. The parish also had two Presbyterian meeting houses, associated with the Synod of Ulster and the Seceding Synod respectively. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Antrim Upper. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Donegore, Antrim: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-05-26. How this page was prepared.