Kells and Connor

Not to be confused with Kells, County Meath or Kells, County Kilkenny.

Kells and Connor
The village of Connor
Kells and Connor is located in Northern Ireland
Kells and Connor
Kells and Connor
Location within Northern Ireland
Population
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CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBALLYMENA
Postcode districtBT
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Antrim
54°49′N 6°13′W / 54.81°N 6.22°W / 54.81; -6.22

Kells is a village near Ballymena in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The village of Connor lies close by, and the two are often spoken of collectively. Kells and Connor had a population of 2,053 people (808 households) in the 2011 Census.[1] The villages are in the civil parish of Connor.[2]

A Christian settlement in Connor was established in 480 AD and a monastery in Kells in 500 AD. The church at Connor became a cathedral in the 12th century, and there is still a Bishop of Connor in the Church of Ireland and a Bishop of Down and Connor in the Roman Catholic Church, though neither has his seat here.

  1. ^ "Kells/Connor". Census 2011 Results. NI Statistics and Research Agency. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Civil Parish of Connor, Co. Antrim". townlands.ie. Retrieved 21 September 2024.