Kilroot
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Kilroot
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Irish transcription(s) | |
• Derivation: | Cill Ruaidh |
• Meaning: | Church of the redhead |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Country | Northern Ireland |
County | Antrim |
Barony | Belfast Lower |
Civil parish | Kilroot |
First recorded | Before 1609 |
Settlements | Kilroot |
Government | |
• Council | Mid and East Antrim |
Area | |
• Total | 647.94 acres (262.21 ha) |
Kilroot (from Irish Cill Ruaidh 'church of the redhead'[1]) is a townland, population centre and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies to the east of Eden, on the outskirts of Carrickfergus on the northern shore of Belfast Lough. It is within the Mid and East Antrim area.
History
According to Archbishop Usher, a church was built in Kilroot in 412 AD.[3]
Places of interest
The Round House, known locally as Dean Swift's house, is likely to date from the eighteenth century fashion of Romantic cottages. Its diminutive appearance was deceiving as the ground floor contained a parlour 24 feet (7.3 m) by 16 feet (4.9 m). It was a white limewashed thatched cottage unique in its construction without corners. The four straight sections of wall did not join at right angles but were joined by curved sections to form one continuous exterior wall. Swift was reputed by local lore to have said that the devil would never catch him in a corner. The building was demolished in 1959 after a fire, and the site as well as the adjacent Kilroot railway station has disappeared under the new power station.
There is also a network of
Kilroot is home to the 750,000 sq ft (70,000 m2) Kilroot Business Park, located adjacent to the power station.[5]
People
Saint
Jonathan Swift lived in Kilroot as a prebend for the local church, from March 1695 to May 1696.[3] A ward in St Patrick's University Hospital is named after the village.
See also
References
- ^ a b Logainm - Placenames Database of Ireland
- ^ Northern Ireland Environment Agency. "NIEA Map Viewer". Archived from the original on 24 November 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
- ^ a b "St. Colman's Church History". Archived from the original on 11 October 2004.
- ^ "Irish Salt Mining and Exploration Company".
- ^ "Kilroot Business Park". Archived from the original on 13 May 2010.