Corkey

{{short description|Village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland}}

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|belfast_distance_mi= 43

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Corkey or Corky[http://www.logainm.ie/135749.aspx Placenames Database of Ireland] is a small village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Located 11 miles east of Ballymoney, it is within the Ballymoney Borough Council area, and is at the edge of the Glens of Antrim. The villages of Loughguile and Cloughmills are nearby. It had a population of 162 people in the 2021 Census.{{cite web|title=Corkey|url=http://www.nisra.gov.uk/census/2021/results/settlements.html|website=Census 2021 Results|publisher=NI Statistics and Research Agency|accessdate=27 June 2025}}

The Scottish renewable energy company Scottish Power Renewables operate a ten-windmill wind farm in Corkey. The wind farm is on Slievenahanagh mountain.[http://www.scottishpowerrenewables.com/pages/corkey.asp "Our Business"] Scottish Power Renewables.com Local company W & J Taggart own and run Corkey quarry, supplying stones to local building contractors.[http://sitebuilder.yell.com/sb/show.do?id=SB0001940059000010 W & J Taggart Ltd] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130210112212/http://sitebuilder.yell.com/sb/show.do?id=SB0001940059000010|date=10 February 2013}} Yell.com

Altnahinch Dam and Slieveanorra Forest are outside Corkey.

The local school is St Anne's Primary School.

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