# Kilroot > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kilroot > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kilroot.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilroot > Source revision: 1331913414 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Kilroot" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (April 2008) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Townland in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Kilroot Irish: Cill Ruaidh[1] townland Irish transcription(s) • Derivation: Cill Ruaidh • Meaning: Church of the redhead Looking in the direction of Kilroot from the promenade at Carrickfergus. Sovereign state United Kingdom Country Northern Ireland County Antrim Barony Belfast Lower Civil parish Kilroot First recorded Before 1609 Settlements Kilroot Government • Council Mid and East Antrim Area [2] • Total 647.9 acres (262.21 ha) **Kilroot** (from [Irish](/source/Irish_language) *Cill Ruaidh* 'church of the redhead'[1]) is a [townland](/source/Townland), population centre and [civil parish](/source/Civil_parishes_in_Ireland) in [County Antrim](/source/County_Antrim), [Northern Ireland](/source/Northern_Ireland). It lies to the east of [Eden](/source/Eden%2C_County_Antrim), on the outskirts of [Carrickfergus](/source/Carrickfergus) on the northern shore of [Belfast Lough](/source/Belfast_Lough). It is within the [Mid and East Antrim](/source/Mid_and_East_Antrim) area. ## History According to [Archbishop Usher](/source/James_Ussher), a church was built in Kilroot in 412 AD.[3] ## Places of interest [Kilroot power station](/source/Kilroot_power_station), as viewed from the end of its only publicly accessible jetty. The Round House, known locally as Dean Swift's house, is likely to date from the eighteenth century fashion of Romantic cottages. Its diminutive appearance was deceiving as the ground floor contained a parlour 24 feet (7.3 m) by 16 feet (4.9 m). It was a white limewashed thatched cottage unique in its construction without corners. The four straight sections of wall did not join at right angles but were joined by curved sections to form one continuous exterior wall. Swift was reputed by local lore to have said that the devil would never catch him in a corner. The building was demolished in 1959 after a fire, and the site as well as the adjacent Kilroot railway station has disappeared under the new power station. [Kilroot power station](/source/Kilroot_power_station) is a gas turbine power station. It previously burnt coal and was the last remaining [coal-fired power station](/source/Coal-fired_power_station) in Northern Ireland.[4] It once provided about one third of electricity supplies for Northern Ireland. There is also a network of [rock salt](/source/Rock_salt) ([halite](/source/Halite)) mines in Kilroot which stretch for approximately 30 miles (48 km) underneath Kilroot, [Eden](/source/Eden%2C_County_Antrim) and the Carrickfergus East Division.[5] The salt mined here is used to [grit](/source/Gritter#Gritter) Northern Ireland's road surfaces in the winter, as well as being sold to Scotland and England for the same purpose. Kilroot is home to the 750,000 sq ft (70,000 m2) Kilroot Business Park, located adjacent to the power station.[6] ## People Saint [Colmán of Kilroot](/source/Colm%C3%A1n_of_Kilroot) was a sixth-century Irish disciple of Saint [Ailbe](/source/Ailbe) of Emly and was bishop of Kilroot, at the same time as being a [Benedictine](/source/Benedictine) abbot. St. Colman's [Church of Ireland](/source/Church_of_Ireland) parish church, located near Kilroot, is dedicated to Saint Colmán. [Jonathan Swift](/source/Jonathan_Swift) lived in Kilroot as a [prebend](/source/Prebendary) for the local church, from March 1695 to May 1696.[3] A ward in [St Patrick's University Hospital](/source/St_Patrick's_University_Hospital) is named after the village. ## See also - [List of civil parishes of County Antrim](/source/List_of_civil_parishes_of_County_Antrim) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-logainm_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-logainm_1-1) [Logainm](http://www.logainm.ie/61644.aspx) - Placenames Database of Ireland 1. **[^](#cite_ref-OSNI_2-0)** Northern Ireland Environment Agency. ["NIEA Map Viewer"](https://web.archive.org/web/20111124125249/http://maps.ehsni.gov.uk/SixInchSeries/Default.aspx). Archived from [the original](http://maps.ehsni.gov.uk/SixInchSeries/Default.aspx) on 24 November 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2012. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_3-1) ["St. Colman's Church History"](http://www.members.aol.com/stcolmans1/page5.html). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20041011145438/http://www.members.aol.com/stcolmans1/page5.html) from the original on 11 October 2004. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Change in wind as the old ways of generating electricity face inevitable end"](https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/northern-ireland/change-in-wind-as-the-old-ways-of-generating-electricity-face-inevitable-end/a857194012.html). *Belfast Telegraph*. Retrieved 8 January 2026. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Irish Salt Mining and Exploration Company"](http://www.irishsaltmining.com/). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Kilroot Business Park"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100513003315/http://kilroot.com/site/page/home). Archived from [the original](http://kilroot.com/site/page/home) on 13 May 2010. ## External links - [Kilroot Rec Football Club](http://eteamz.active.com/kilrootrec/index.cfm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20060219110702/http://eteamz.active.com/kilrootrec/index.cfm) 19 February 2006 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) - [Salt Mining at Kilroot](http://www.irishsaltmining.com) v t e Places in County Antrim List of places in County Antrim Cities Belfast (part) Lisburn (part) Towns Antrim Ballycastle Ballyclare Ballymena Ballymoney Carrickfergus Greenisland Larne Newtownabbey Portrush Randalstown Whitehead Villages Aghagallon Aghalee Ahoghill Aldergrove Armoy Aughafatten Ballinderry Upper Ballinderry Lower Ballintoy Ballybogy Ballycarry Ballyeaston Ballygally Ballylinny Ballynure Ballyrobert Ballystrudder Ballyvoy Balnamore Bendooragh Broughshane Buckna Bushmills Capecastle Cargan Carnalbanagh Carncastle Carnlough Clogh Cloghmills Cogry-Kilbride Craigarogan Crumlin Cullybackey Cushendall Cushendun Dervock Derrymore Doagh Donegore Drains Bay Dunadry Dundrod Dunloy Gawley's Gate Glenarm Glenavy Glenoe Glynn Gracehill Grange Corner Groggan Kells and Connor Kellswater Keshbridge Killead Knocknacarry Longkesh Loughguile Lurganure Maghaberry Magheramorne Martinstown Mill Bay Millbank Milltown Moneyglass Monkstown Moss-side Mounthill Mullaghboy Newtown Crommelin Parkgate Portballintrae Portbraddon Portglenone Rasharkin Roughfort Stoneyford Straid Stranocum Templepatrick Toome Tullynacross Waterfoot Townlands Ballycraigy Ballygolan Barmeen Bonnybefore Broomhedge Broomhedge Lower Carnmoney Dunamuggy Dunmurry Dunseverick Galgorm Parks Glengormley Jordanstown Kilroot Lambeg Lisnagarvy Loughlynch Monkstown Rathcoole Solar Tobergill Whiteabbey Landforms Belfast Lough Benbane Head Black Mountain Cavehill Divis Fair Head Giant's Causeway Glens of Antrim Glenariff Forest Park Islandmagee Lagan Valley Larne Lough Lough Beg Portmore Lough Rathlin Island Scawt Hill Slemish Slieve True Slieveanorra Forest Tievebulliagh Waterloo Bay Baronies Antrim Lower Antrim Upper Belfast Lower Belfast Upper Carrickfergus Cary Dunluce Lower Dunluce Upper Glenarm Lower Glenarm Upper Kilconway Massereene Lower Massereene Upper Toome Lower Toome Upper WikiProject Northern Ireland WikiProject Ireland Northern Ireland Portal United Kingdom Portal Ireland Portal --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Kilroot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilroot) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilroot?action=history)). 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