Killead

Killead Irish: Cill Éad
St Catherine's Church of Ireland, Killead
Killead shown within Northern Ireland
Population	81 (2011 Census)
Irish grid reference	J173812
• Belfast	14 mi (23 km)
District	Antrim
County	County Antrim
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CRUMLIN
Postcode district	BT29
Dialling code	028, +44 28
EU Parliament	Northern Ireland
UK Parliament	South Antrim
NI Assembly	South Antrim

Killead (from Irish: Cill Éad)^[1] is a small village and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is near Aldergrove and Antrim and is accessed from the A26 Tully Road. It had a population of 81 people (32 households) in the 2011 Census.^[2] (2001 Census: 78 people)

People

• James Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead, was born on August 27, 1920 (died March 9, 2015) in the village. He was a Northern Irish Unionist politician and was leader of the Ulster Unionist Party from 1979 to 1995.
• Reverend Arthur Bell Nicholls, who was the Reverend Patrick Brontë's curate, and husband of Charlotte Brontë, was born in Killead on 6 January 1819.
• James Gordon was born in the parish of Killead on October 31, 1739, attended local schools and emigrated to the United States in 1758, settling in Schenectady, New York. He served in Congress from 1791-1795 and in the State senate from 1797-1804.
• Rev James Alexander Hamilton Irwin (1876-1954) ministered at the Presbyterian Church at Killead from 1903 to 1926. He was a vocal supporter of Home Rule for Ireland and later became a supporter of Irish independence.
• Charles McCorrie VC 1830-1857 Was born in the Parish of Killead and was awarded the Victoria Cross during the Crimean War in 1853 for throwing a live Russian shell over the Parapet. He died in Malta 9 April 1857.
• James Kirker, emigrated to USA where he was a pirate, grocer, and fur-trapper

See also

• List of civil parishes of County Antrim

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References

• Nicholls and Brontes
• James Gordon
• Politics.ie