'The Garngad' is located in the North East of Glasgow, close to Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow Cathedral and Glasgow City Centre. It is bounded by the M8 Motorway to the South, Glasgow to Garnkirk Railway to the North, Townhead and Castle Street to the West, and Germiston to the East. 

The word Garngad is possiby a mix of the old Gaelic word ‘Garan’ possibly meaning a piece of rough ground and ‘Gad’ which is either a reference to a Burn (Gad Loch in Auchinloch runs under the Old Chapel House) or a local derivation of the word God. And so this former piece of rough ground near the Gad Burn became known as the 'Garden of God'.

Until the late 1800’s The Garngad consisted of Gardens and Country Houses such as Rosemount, Blochairn and Dunnolly, retained as Street and Scheme names. The area then became industrialised. The good employment they offered and the bad effects of their fumes on the local area and people lent it self to the synonym: ‘The Garngad — The Good and The Bad.’

In 1997 'Garngad Heritage Group' published 'The Good and The Bad' by Mrs Pat Thompson (Teaher, St Roch's PS) and Stephen Finnie.


'The Garngad' means so much to so many people and so today people are still proud to claim that they or their parents or grandparents come from 'The Garngad'.

'Garngad Irish Heritage Group' supports local moves to return to the name.