KILLEAD

In 1868, the parish of Killead contained the following places:

"KILLEAD, (or Killagh), a parish in the barony of Lower Massereene, county Antrim, province of Ulster, Ireland, 4 miles S. of Antrim. Crumlin is its post town. The parish, which is 8 miles long by 5 broad, lies along the E. side of Lough Neagh. The Sixmile water touches it on the N., and the Crumlin water on the S. The soil is rich and well cultivated. The road from Antrim to Armagh and Newry traverses the interior. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Connor, value £539. The church is over a hundred years old. The late Board of First Fruits built a chapel-of-ease at Gortree in 1831. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to that of Glenavy. There are two Presbyterian meetinghouses in the parish. Here are a Sunday and about fifteen day-schools. Langford was the seat of the late Hon. Sir H. Pakenham; Glendarragh is another residence. There are ruins of a church at Dundesart, standing within an ancient entrenchment. Numerous relics and human bones have been excavated at this spot. There are several other church ruins in the parish, supposed to have been fortified and demolished during the rebellion of 1641.

"CARMARY-GRANGE, a grange in the parish of Killead, barony of Lower Massereene, in the county of Antrim, province of Ulster, Ireland, 6 miles to the S.E. of Antrim."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018