KILBRIDE,
a parish, in the barony of UPPER ANTRIM, county of ANTRIM,
and province of ULSTER, 2¼ miles (W. N. W.) from Ballyclare,
on the road from Ballymena to Doagh; containing 1849 inhabitants.
This parish
comprises, according to the Ordnance survey, 5641 statute acres.
It is
a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese
of Connor, and part of the union of Donegore: the tithes
amount to £373. 3s. 4½d. There is no church; divine service
is performed in a school-house every Sunday.
About
240 children are taught in four private schools, and there are three
Sunday schools
