Killead

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Population 81 (2011 Census) County County Antrim Sovereign state United Kingdom Local time Monday 8:16 PM Dialling code 28 UK parliament constituency South Antrim		Irish grid reference J173812 Country Northern Ireland Post town CRUMLIN District Antrim Ni assembly South Antrim

Weather 11°C, Wind SW at 24 km/h, 82% Humidity

Killead (from Irish: Cill Éad) 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. (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

References

Killead Wikipedia

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