Lynn (civil parish)

{{short description|Civil parish in County Westmeath, Ireland}}

{{other uses|Lynn (disambiguation){{!}}Lynn}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2015}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox settlement

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| settlement_type = Civil parish

| image_skyline = Ring Fort - geograph.org.uk - 776966.jpg

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| image_caption = Ring fort in the northwestern part of Lynn parish

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Lynn within County Westmeath in Ireland

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Ireland

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Leinster

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = County Westmeath

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Lynn ({{Irish place name|Lainn}})[http://www.logainm.ie/2481.aspx Lynn civil parish] Placenames Database of Ireland Retrieved on 11 July 2015. is a civil parish in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about {{convert|4|km|mi|1}} south–south–east of Mullingar.

Lynn is one of 10 civil parishes in the barony of Fartullagh in the province of Leinster. The civil parish covers {{convert|4905.3|acre|km2}}.

Lynn civil parish comprises 12 townlands: Ardillon, Burnellstown, Catherinestown, Clonmoyle, Corbally, Gainestown, Glendevine, Gorteen, Lynn, Tornanstown. Tullanisky and Vilanstown.

File:House and Laneway - geograph.org.uk - 957666.jpg

The neighbouring civil parishes are: Mullingar to the north, Killucan (barony of Farbill), to the east and Enniscoffey and Moylisker to the south.[http://www.townlands.ie/westmeath/lynn/ Lynn civil parish, Co. Westmeath] townlands.ie Retrieved on 11 July 2015.[http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/town_new2.php?MODE=search&TOWNLAND=&SORTBY=townland&METHOD=any&COUNTY=Westmeath&BARONY=&METHOD1=any&PARISH=Lynn&METHOD2=any&PLU=&METHOD3=any&PROVINCE= Lynn civil parish, Co. Westmeath] The IreAtlas Townland Data Base Retrieved on 11 July 2015.

A well-preserved ring fort can be seen in Lynn townland in the northwestern part of the parish, near the boundary with Mullingar parish.

In the early fourteenth century, the manor of Lynn was bought from the de Pitchford family by the English-born judge Sir John de Fressingfield and his wife Alice. Sir John applied for permission to endow a chantry there.