Cogry
{{short description|Village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
|official_name= Cogry-Kilbride
|static_image_name = Barley Field beside Rectory Road - geograph.org.uk - 1412281.jpg
|static_image_caption = View across the fields towards Cogry
|irish_name= Coigríoch – Cill Bhríde
|map_type= Northern Ireland
|label_position= none
|coordinates = {{coord|54|45|26|N|6|2|10|W|source:nlwiki_region:GB_scale:50000|display=ti}}
|country= Northern Ireland
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Cogry-Kilbride is a village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, about 4 km west of Ballyclare. The village encompasses the two townlands of Cogry and Kilbride. It had a population of 1,330 people in the 2021 census. Kilbride is also a civil parish.{{cite web| title=Parishes of Northern Ireland| work=Public Record Office of NI| url=http://applications.proni.gov.uk/geogindx/| access-date=31 December 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013132314/http://applications.proni.gov.uk/geogindx/| archive-date=13 October 2013| url-status=dead}} It is situated in Antrim and Newtownabbey district.
History
The names Cogry (also written as Coggrey[https://www.townlands.ie/antrim/antrim-upper/grange-of-doagh/ballyclare-rural/coggrey/ Coggrey Townland, Co. Antrim (on Townlands.ie)]) and Kilbride come {{Irish derived place name|Coigríoch|border-land, frontier}}[http://www.placenamesni.org/resultsdetail.phtml?entry=6877 Placenames NI: Cogry] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529233100/http://www.placenamesni.org/resultsdetail.phtml?entry=6877 |date=2012-05-29 }}{{audio|Uladh - Aontroim - Coigríoch.wav|}} and Cill Bhríde meaning "Bríd's church".[http://www.placenamesni.org/resultsdetail.phtml?entry=6299 Placenames NI: Kilbride] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529233139/http://www.placenamesni.org/resultsdetail.phtml?entry=6299 |date=2012-05-29 }}{{audio|Uladh - Aontroim - Cill Bhríde.wav|}}
Cogry was originally a mill village built and owned by the McMeekin family during the mid 19th century, who also owned Cogry Mill. But it declined in the 1950s with the closure of the mill, The mill has since been purchased in 2019 by a property developer but the site currently lies dormant. In recent years the village has been revitalised by housing development. As the two settlements are so close they are often treated as one.
Demographics
Cogry/Kilbride is classified as a "village" by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (i.e. with population between 1,000 and 2,250 people).[http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/ NI Neighbourhood Information Service] On census day in 2001 (29 April 2001), there were 1,195 people living in Cogry/Kilbride. Of these:
- 26.3% were aged under 16 years and 7.3% were aged 60 and over
- 50.2% of the population were male and 49.8% were female
- 1.5% were from a Catholic background and 93.7% were from a Protestant background
- 2.7% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed{{fact|date=April 2025}}
See also
References
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- Draft Belfast Metropolitan Area Plan 2015{{nonspecific|date=April 2025}}
{{County Antrim}}
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