Cromkill Explained

Lieutenancy Northern Ireland:Antrim
Country:Northern Ireland
Official Name:Cromkill
Civil Parish:Connor

Cromkill (from Irish Crom Choill, meaning 'the sloping wood'[1] [2]) is a townland in County Antrim, just south of Ballymena.[3] It borders Ballee to the north, Slaght to the west and Ballycowan to the east.[4]

The townland first appears in a taxation letter of 1605 under the name 'Ballycronekill', with the form 'Cromkill' first appearing in 1669. The oldest surviving buildings in the townland are a collection of houses on the Cockhill Road, which date from circa 1830.[5] Cromkill is recorded in the 1911 census of Ireland as having 294 residents, mostly Presbyterian.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Place Names NI - Home. www.placenamesni.org. 2019-10-25.
  2. Web site: Cromkill (Crom Choill). wikimapia.org. en. 2019-05-17.
  3. Web site: Google Maps. Google Maps. en. 2019-05-17.
  4. Web site: Cromkill Townland, Co. Antrim. www.townlands.ie. 2019-05-17.
  5. Web site: Home Buildings nidirect. 2021-04-01. apps.communities-ni.gov.uk.