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 2295½ 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. 2s.
5½d.
In the
Roman Catholic divisions it is part of the union or district of Larne.
About
30 children are educated in a private school.
