Kilroot

Kilroot
Irish: Cill Ruaidh[1]
Irish transcription(s)
 • Derivation:Cill Ruaidh
 • Meaning:Church of the redhead
Looking in the direction of Kilroot from the promenade at Carrickfergus.
Looking in the direction of Kilroot from the promenade at Carrickfergus.
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
CountryNorthern Ireland
CountyAntrim
BaronyBelfast Lower
Civil parishKilroot
First recordedBefore 1609
SettlementsKilroot
Government
 • CouncilMid and East Antrim
Area
 • Total647.94 acres (262.21 ha)

Kilroot (from Irish Cill Ruaidh 'church of the redhead'[1]) is a townland, population centre and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies to the east of Eden, on the outskirts of Carrickfergus on the northern shore of Belfast Lough. It is within the Mid and East Antrim area.

  1. ^ a b Logainm - Placenames Database of Ireland
  2. ^ Northern Ireland Environment Agency. "NIEA Map Viewer". Archived from the original on 24 November 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2012.