Loughglynn
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Loughglynn, officially spelled Loughglinn ( ), is a village in County Roscommon
, Ireland
. It is named after the lake to the north of the village.
and Ballaghaderreen
. The local national school, with a Green Schools
flag, is Scoil Mhuire Lourdes and was opened as a three-teacher school in the early 1960s. It is now a four-teacher school and has won the 3-4 teacher schools GAA county final a number of times. The village also boasts a Garda
station, two public houses, two shops, one Colemans which incorporate the post office
, a funeral home
, a community centre
with a play school, a Catholic Church (Our Lady of Good Counsel
) and the soccer pitch home to Loughglynn United just beside the lake. The lake is also the source of the name of the village.
(GAA) club Éire Óg was formed in 1984 and play their home games at James Timothy Memorial Park. The soccer team Loughglynn United play in the wood behind the church. Loughglynn Boxing Club train in the Community Centre. Loughglynn Badminton Club play in the community centre.
, by an early monastery
It served the needs until the present Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel
was built in 1905 and dedicated in 1906. It was built in a Gothic
style featuring a striking octagonal bell turret with a spire, polished granite interior pillars, and richly molded arches. It was designed by William Byrne and was built using local stone and labour.
Our Lady of Good Counsel is set back from the road, in its own grounds and it was built in 1905 The church comprises side aisles, sacristy
to rear, projecting entrance porches to side aisles and octagonal bell tower
to front elevation. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge cresting, ashlar
chimneystack to sacristy, stone crosses over gable ends and cast-iron rainwater goods supported by limestone eaves corbels. Paired lancet window
openings with limestone surrounds and stained glass windows to side aisles. Sexafoil window opening above paired two-light lancet windows, all with hoodmouldings to front elevation. Paired quatrefoil
windows to clerestorey. Three-light geometric traceried window flanked on each side by sexafoil opening at rear elevation. Pointed-arched door opening to front elevation with tooled limestone surround, hoodmoulding and timber double doors flanked by lancet openings. Pointed-arched door openings to gabled entrance porches to side aisles and a square-headed door opening to sacristy. Stepped buttresses to front façade
and rear elevations.
,lived in the house.
In 1806 Lord Dillon, Charles Dillon, 12th Viscount Dillon
, raised the 101st Regiment of Foot
, recruited from the inhabitants in and around Loughglynn.
Ned Duffy
of Loughglynn (born 22 August 1840) was a Fenian
organiser of the 19th century. He died in Millbank Prison
17 January 1868. Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa was in Millbank when he died and penned a famous lament some of the lines include "In the dead house you are lying, and I'd "wake" you if I could, but they'll wake you in Loughglin, 'Ned, in that cottage by the wood" There is a monument to Ned Duffy near the old school which was unveiled by Minister for Justice Brian Lenihan TD in the 1960s.
On 19 April 1921 four Irish Republican Army
men were staying in a house near Loughglynn wood. When they learned that the Black and Tans
were combing the wood, under a Captain McKay of the Leicestershire Regiment. The four men attempted to escape. Two were wounded Joe Satchwell and Thomas (Toby) Scally. Following a drumhead court-martial
the others, John Bergin and Stephen McDermott were shot on the spot. There is a monument to all from the locality who gave their lives during the War of Independence
across from the church known as Mother Éireann.
On July 7, 1980 two Gardai John Morley and Henry Byrne
were murdered at Shannon's Cross Loughglynn following an armed robbery on the Bank of Ireland Ballaghaderreen. Two other Gardai Sgt Mick O Malley and Garda Derek O Kelly survived the shoot out.
who invited the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary
to establish a convent, and there started a school where teenage girls would learn Home Economics
.
The sisters established a dairy and Loughglynn butter and cheese was famous all over the world until they ceased this activity in the 1960s. They then opened a nursing home for their own retired sisters and also had residents who were not nuns and known locally as the patients.
In 2003 Gerry Gannon bought the convent for a sum less than €2m. It is now reportedly in the ownership of his wife Margaret
.
The Words of the Song
The summer sun was sinking low,
Behind the western sea,
The lark's loud song was pealing sweet,
But it brought no joy to me.
For the one I loved is far away,
He's left his tyrants den
He fought till death, and then he left,
The woodlands of Loughglynn.
2. A noble Irishman was he,
John Berigan was his name.
He belonged to Tipperary
,
And from Nenagh
town he came.
But now, thank God, that he is gone,
Away from harm and sin,
He fought till death, and then he left,
The woodlands of Loughglynn.
3. McDermott too, was brave and true,
From the plains round Ballinagare,
He's missed at many's a fireside,
In the homes both near and far.
He's missed at home in Brackloon
By his own dear kith and kin,
His comrade true, they'll miss him too,
In the woodlands of Loughglynn.
4. When our heroes they were dying there,
They sent for the clergyman,
Let no one think, they feared to face,
The English Black-and-Tans
.
The clergy came and were in time,
But as they said "Amen",
McDermott's soul was departing to,
The woodlands of Loughglynn.
A version on youtube is available here.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RAu45myODs
former TD.
Thomas O Doherty
former Bishop of Galway
Thomas Henry Wyatt
(9 May 1807 - 5 August 1880) famous architect.
Charles Dillon, 12th Viscount Dillon
Mary Finan who on 22 February 2006, was appointed Chairperson of the RTÉ
Authority
Sr Maura O Connor Superior General
Franciscan Missionaries of Mary
1984 until 1996.
Seamus Scally former General Secretary of the Labour Party
.
County Roscommon
County Roscommon is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the town of Roscommon. Roscommon County Council is the local authority for the county...
, Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
. It is named after the lake to the north of the village.
Features
Loughglynn is located on the R325 midway between CastlereaCastlerea
Castlerea is located in the west of County Roscommon, Ireland. It is the second largest town in the county with a population of 3,055 . Roughly translated from Irish, Castlerea can mean Brindled Castle or King's Castle...
and Ballaghaderreen
Ballaghaderreen
Ballaghaderreen is a town in County Roscommon. It is located on the N5 National primary road. The town has become a bottleneck on the N5 route in recent years and the opening of the Charlestown bypass down the road has exacerbated the problem...
. The local national school, with a Green Schools
Eco-Schools
Eco-Schools is an international program of environmental and sustainable developmental education for schools. Foundation for Environmental Education is the founder of the programme and Eco-Schools is just one out of their five programmes....
flag, is Scoil Mhuire Lourdes and was opened as a three-teacher school in the early 1960s. It is now a four-teacher school and has won the 3-4 teacher schools GAA county final a number of times. The village also boasts a Garda
Garda Síochána
, more commonly referred to as the Gardaí , is the police force of Ireland. The service is headed by the Commissioner who is appointed by the Irish Government. Its headquarters are located in the Phoenix Park in Dublin.- Terminology :...
station, two public houses, two shops, one Colemans which incorporate the post office
Post office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
, a funeral home
Funeral home
A funeral home, funeral parlor or mortuary, is a business that provides burial and funeral services for the deceased and their families. These services may include aprepared wake and funeral, and the provision of a chapel for the funeral....
, a community centre
Community centre
Community centres or community centers or jumping recreation centers are public locations where members of a community tend to gather for group activities, social support, public information, and other purposes. They may sometimes be open for the whole community or for a specialised group within...
with a play school, a Catholic Church (Our Lady of Good Counsel
Our Lady of Good Counsel
Our Lady of Good Counsel is a title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary, after an allegedly miraculous painting now found in the thirteenth century Augustinian church at Genazzano, near Rome, Italy. Measuring 40 by 45 centimeters the image is a fresco executed on a thin layer of porcelain no thicker...
) and the soccer pitch home to Loughglynn United just beside the lake. The lake is also the source of the name of the village.
Sport
Loughglynn is blessed with many sporting clubs. The Gaelic Athletic AssociationGaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...
(GAA) club Éire Óg was formed in 1984 and play their home games at James Timothy Memorial Park. The soccer team Loughglynn United play in the wood behind the church. Loughglynn Boxing Club train in the Community Centre. Loughglynn Badminton Club play in the community centre.
The church
In 1798 a barn church was built in Loughglynn village near the priest's graveyardGraveyard
A graveyard is any place set aside for long-term burial of the dead, with or without monuments such as headstones...
, by an early monastery
Monastery
Monastery denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer as well as the domestic quarters and workplace of monastics, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in community or alone .Monasteries may vary greatly in size – a small dwelling accommodating only...
It served the needs until the present Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel
Our Lady of Good Counsel
Our Lady of Good Counsel is a title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary, after an allegedly miraculous painting now found in the thirteenth century Augustinian church at Genazzano, near Rome, Italy. Measuring 40 by 45 centimeters the image is a fresco executed on a thin layer of porcelain no thicker...
was built in 1905 and dedicated in 1906. It was built in a Gothic
Gothic architecture
Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....
style featuring a striking octagonal bell turret with a spire, polished granite interior pillars, and richly molded arches. It was designed by William Byrne and was built using local stone and labour.
Our Lady of Good Counsel is set back from the road, in its own grounds and it was built in 1905 The church comprises side aisles, sacristy
Sacristy
A sacristy is a room for keeping vestments and other church furnishings, sacred vessels, and parish records.The sacristy is usually located inside the church, but in some cases it is an annex or separate building...
to rear, projecting entrance porches to side aisles and octagonal bell tower
Bell tower
A bell tower is a tower which contains one or more bells, or which is designed to hold bells, even if it has none. In the European tradition, such a tower most commonly serves as part of a church and contains church bells. When attached to a city hall or other civic building, especially in...
to front elevation. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge cresting, ashlar
Ashlar
Ashlar is prepared stone work of any type of stone. Masonry using such stones laid in parallel courses is known as ashlar masonry, whereas masonry using irregularly shaped stones is known as rubble masonry. Ashlar blocks are rectangular cuboid blocks that are masonry sculpted to have square edges...
chimneystack to sacristy, stone crosses over gable ends and cast-iron rainwater goods supported by limestone eaves corbels. Paired lancet window
Lancet window
A lancet window is a tall narrow window with a pointed arch at its top. It acquired the "lancet" name from its resemblance to a lance. Instances of this architectural motif are most often found in Gothic and ecclesiastical structures, where they are often placed singly or in pairs.The motif first...
openings with limestone surrounds and stained glass windows to side aisles. Sexafoil window opening above paired two-light lancet windows, all with hoodmouldings to front elevation. Paired quatrefoil
Quatrefoil
The word quatrefoil etymologically means "four leaves", and applies to general four-lobed shapes in various contexts.-In heraldry:In heraldic terminology, a quatrefoil is a representation of a flower with four petals, or a leaf with four leaflets . It is sometimes shown "slipped", i.e. with an...
windows to clerestorey. Three-light geometric traceried window flanked on each side by sexafoil opening at rear elevation. Pointed-arched door opening to front elevation with tooled limestone surround, hoodmoulding and timber double doors flanked by lancet openings. Pointed-arched door openings to gabled entrance porches to side aisles and a square-headed door opening to sacristy. Stepped buttresses to front façade
Facade
A facade or façade is generally one exterior side of a building, usually, but not always, the front. The word comes from the French language, literally meaning "frontage" or "face"....
and rear elevations.
History
Loughglynn House was the main residence of the Dillon family, built circa 1715, extended in the 1820s and altered again in the early 20th century. It is recorded in 1814, 1837 and in Griffith's Valuation as the seat of Viscount Dillon. The Dillons were absentee landlords for much of the nineteenth century and their agent, Charles Strickland (town planner)Charles Strickland (town planner)
Charles Strickland, was the local agent and town planner in County Mayo for Lord Dillon. He was the founder of the settlement of Charlestown. In 1860 he helped build the Cathedral of Ballaghaderreen where his memory is commemorated in the architecture....
,lived in the house.
In 1806 Lord Dillon, Charles Dillon, 12th Viscount Dillon
Charles Dillon, 12th Viscount Dillon
Charles Dillon-Lee, 12th Viscount Dillon, KP, PC was Member of Parliament for the English borough of Westbury ....
, raised the 101st Regiment of Foot
101st Regiment of Foot
101st Regiment of Foot may refer to:*101st Regiment of Foot, or Johnstone's Highlanders, raised in 1760*101st Regiment of Foot, raised in 1780*101st Regiment of Foot, raised in 1794*101st Regiment of Foot , raised in 1805...
, recruited from the inhabitants in and around Loughglynn.
Ned Duffy
Edward Duffy (Fenian)
Edward Duffy was an Irish Fenian.Duffy was a native of Loughglynn, Ballaghadreen, County Mayo. He moved to Dublin about 1860 where he was employed as a clerical worker at Pim's drapery. He was one of a number of such workers recruited by Thomas Clarke Luby for the Fenians, taking the Irish...
of Loughglynn (born 22 August 1840) was a Fenian
Fenian
The Fenians , both the Fenian Brotherhood and Irish Republican Brotherhood , were fraternal organisations dedicated to the establishment of an independent Irish Republic in the 19th and early 20th century. The name "Fenians" was first applied by John O'Mahony to the members of the Irish republican...
organiser of the 19th century. He died in Millbank Prison
Millbank Prison
Millbank Prison was a prison in Millbank, Pimlico, London, originally constructed as the National Penitentiary, and which for part of its history served as a holding facility for convicted prisoners before they were transported to Australia...
17 January 1868. Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa was in Millbank when he died and penned a famous lament some of the lines include "In the dead house you are lying, and I'd "wake" you if I could, but they'll wake you in Loughglin, 'Ned, in that cottage by the wood" There is a monument to Ned Duffy near the old school which was unveiled by Minister for Justice Brian Lenihan TD in the 1960s.
On 19 April 1921 four Irish Republican Army
Irish Republican Army
The Irish Republican Army was an Irish republican revolutionary military organisation. It was descended from the Irish Volunteers, an organisation established on 25 November 1913 that staged the Easter Rising in April 1916...
men were staying in a house near Loughglynn wood. When they learned that the Black and Tans
Black and Tans
The Black and Tans was one of two newly recruited bodies, composed largely of British World War I veterans, employed by the Royal Irish Constabulary as Temporary Constables from 1920 to 1921 to suppress revolution in Ireland...
were combing the wood, under a Captain McKay of the Leicestershire Regiment. The four men attempted to escape. Two were wounded Joe Satchwell and Thomas (Toby) Scally. Following a drumhead court-martial
Drumhead court-martial
A drumhead court-martial is a court-martial held in the field to hear urgent charges of offences committed in action. The term is said to originate from the use of a drumhead as an improvised writing table, altar for religious services, and a traditional gathering point for a regiment for orders...
the others, John Bergin and Stephen McDermott were shot on the spot. There is a monument to all from the locality who gave their lives during the War of Independence
Irish War of Independence
The Irish War of Independence , Anglo-Irish War, Black and Tan War, or Tan War was a guerrilla war mounted by the Irish Republican Army against the British government and its forces in Ireland. It began in January 1919, following the Irish Republic's declaration of independence. Both sides agreed...
across from the church known as Mother Éireann.
On July 7, 1980 two Gardai John Morley and Henry Byrne
Deaths of Garda officers (1980)
Two officers of the Garda Síochána, the police force of the Ireland, were shot and killed on July 7 1980 by alleged members of the Irish National Liberation Army during a pursuit in the aftermath of a bank robbery. Occurring near Loughglynn, County Roscommon, the officers' deaths provoked a...
were murdered at Shannon's Cross Loughglynn following an armed robbery on the Bank of Ireland Ballaghaderreen. Two other Gardai Sgt Mick O Malley and Garda Derek O Kelly survived the shoot out.
The convent
In 1903, Loughglynn house was sold to the Bishop of Elphin Dr ClancyJohn Joseph Clancy (bishop)
The Most Reverend John Joseph Clancy was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Elphin from 1895 to 1912.He was born on 23 December 1856 in Sooey, County Sligo, Ireland. He was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Elphin and Titular Bishop of Achantus on 12 January...
who invited the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary
Franciscan Missionaries of Mary
Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, or the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Mary is a Roman Catholic order founded by Sister Mary of the Passion, Helene de Chappotin, in 1877 at Ootacamund, India....
to establish a convent, and there started a school where teenage girls would learn Home Economics
Home Economics
Home economics is the profession and field of study that deals with the economics and management of the home and community...
.
The sisters established a dairy and Loughglynn butter and cheese was famous all over the world until they ceased this activity in the 1960s. They then opened a nursing home for their own retired sisters and also had residents who were not nuns and known locally as the patients.
In 2003 Gerry Gannon bought the convent for a sum less than €2m. It is now reportedly in the ownership of his wife Margaret
Local song
The local anthem is the Woodlands of Loughglynn dedicated to the memory of those that died in the Woodlands in April 1921. It was written in the 1920s by a Lisacul woman the late Bea Doherty of Creevy The song has also been recorded by among others Brendan ShineBrendan Shine
Brendan Shine is an Irish folk singer and accordion player from Athlone, best known for his songs about everyday Irish life such as "Do you Want your Old Lobby Washed Down" and "Spuds"....
.
The Words of the Song
The summer sun was sinking low,
Behind the western sea,
The lark's loud song was pealing sweet,
But it brought no joy to me.
For the one I loved is far away,
He's left his tyrants den
He fought till death, and then he left,
The woodlands of Loughglynn.
2. A noble Irishman was he,
John Berigan was his name.
He belonged to Tipperary
Tipperary
Tipperary is a town and a civil parish in South Tipperary in Ireland. Its population was 4,415 at the 2006 census. It is also an ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly, and is in the historical barony of Clanwilliam....
,
And from Nenagh
Nenagh
Nenagh is the county town of North Tipperary in Ireland. It is the administrative centre of North Tipperary and in 2011 it had a recorded population of 7,995. It is a civil parish in the historical barony of Ormond Lower...
town he came.
But now, thank God, that he is gone,
Away from harm and sin,
He fought till death, and then he left,
The woodlands of Loughglynn.
3. McDermott too, was brave and true,
From the plains round Ballinagare,
He's missed at many's a fireside,
In the homes both near and far.
He's missed at home in Brackloon
By his own dear kith and kin,
His comrade true, they'll miss him too,
In the woodlands of Loughglynn.
4. When our heroes they were dying there,
They sent for the clergyman,
Let no one think, they feared to face,
The English Black-and-Tans
Black and Tans
The Black and Tans was one of two newly recruited bodies, composed largely of British World War I veterans, employed by the Royal Irish Constabulary as Temporary Constables from 1920 to 1921 to suppress revolution in Ireland...
.
The clergy came and were in time,
But as they said "Amen",
McDermott's soul was departing to,
The woodlands of Loughglynn.
A version on youtube is available here.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RAu45myODs
People from Loughglynn
Michael BarrettMichael Barrett (Irish politician)
Michael Barrett was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.A native of Loughglynn, County Roscommon, who worked in An Foras Taluntais, Barrett was elected to the 22nd Dáil as a Teachta Dála for the Dublin North West constituency on his first attempt at the 1981 general election and re-elected until...
former TD.
Thomas O Doherty
Thomas O'Doherty
Thomas O'Doherty, Bishop of Clonfert and Bishop of Galway, 21 November 1877 - 13 July 1936.O'Doherty was born at Loughglynn, Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon, been educated in Sligo and Maynooth. He was ordained on 22 June 1902 for the Diocese of Elphin. He worked at Summerhill College, Sligo,...
former Bishop of Galway
Thomas Henry Wyatt
Thomas Henry Wyatt
Thomas Henry Wyatt was an Irish British architect. He had a prolific and distinguished career, being elected President of the Royal Institute of British Architects 1870-73 and awarded their Royal Gold Medal for Architecture in 1873...
(9 May 1807 - 5 August 1880) famous architect.
Charles Dillon, 12th Viscount Dillon
Charles Dillon, 12th Viscount Dillon
Charles Dillon-Lee, 12th Viscount Dillon, KP, PC was Member of Parliament for the English borough of Westbury ....
Mary Finan who on 22 February 2006, was appointed Chairperson of the RTÉ
RTE
RTÉ is the abbreviation for Raidió Teilifís Éireann, the public broadcasting service of the Republic of Ireland.RTE may also refer to:* Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, 25th Prime Minister of Turkey...
Authority
Sr Maura O Connor Superior General
Superior general
A Superior General, or General Superior, is the Superior at the head of a whole religious order or congregation.The term is mainly used as a generic term, while many orders and congregations use other specific titles, notably:* Abbot general...
Franciscan Missionaries of Mary
Franciscan Missionaries of Mary
Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, or the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Mary is a Roman Catholic order founded by Sister Mary of the Passion, Helene de Chappotin, in 1877 at Ootacamund, India....
1984 until 1996.
Seamus Scally former General Secretary of the Labour Party
Labour Party (Ireland)
The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in the Republic of Ireland. The Labour Party was founded in 1912 in Clonmel, County Tipperary, by James Connolly, James Larkin and William X. O'Brien as the political wing of the Irish Trade Union Congress. Unlike the other main Irish...
.
See also
- List of towns and villages in Ireland