Loughglinn 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, 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 Loughglinn.
Ned Duffy of Loughglinn (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 Loughglinn, 'Ned, In the 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 Loughglinn wood. When they learned that the
Black and Tans were combing the wood, under 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. 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 7 July 1980, two Gardaí,
Detective Garda John Morley and Garda Henry Byrne, were murdered at Shannon's Cross, Loughglinn following an armed robbery of the Bank of Ireland in
Ballaghadereen. Two other Gardaí, Sgt Mick O'Malley and Garda Derek O'Kelly survived the shoot out. There is now a memorial at Shannon's Cross in commemoration of the deaths. == Features ==