Loughlynch
| Loughlynch TOWNLAND | |
| County Antrim | |
|---|---|
 Old farm buildings in Loughlynch | |
| Location | |
| Location: | 55°10’0"N, 6°26’33"W |
| Grid reference: | C993366 |
| Data | |
Loughlynch or Lough Lynch is a rural townland in County Antrim, in the north of the county about three and a half miles south-east of Bushmills. This was once the site of a lake, hence its name, but this has long since disappeared.[1] John O'Donovan reckoned the name to come from the Irish Loch Leith-inse, meaning "Lough of the half island (peninsula)".[2]
History
According to tradition, Coll MacGillaspick, known as Col Ciotach, was born here in 1570, on 'Glasineerin Island' on Lough Lynch. Coll was the posthumously born son of Gillaspick MacDonnell, a nephew of Sorley Boy MacDonnell who died fighting a bull at his own coming of age party. Coll became a notorious mercenary captain amongst the Hebrides (the ancestral islands of his clan) and conquered his way to the Lairdship of Colonsay.
References
- ↑ Joyce, Patrick Weston: The origin of and history of Irish names of places (Longmans, Green & Co. , 1910) page 443
- ↑ Loughlynch - Placenames NI
