Cromkill

Cromkill (from Irish Crom Choill, meaning 'the sloping wood'^[1][2]) is a townland in County Antrim, just south of Ballymena.^[3] It borders Ballee to the north, Slaght to the west, and Ballycowan to the east.^[4]

Cromkill
Civil parish	Connor
County	Antrim
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Northern Ireland
Fire	Northern Ireland
Ambulance	Northern Ireland
List of places UK Northern Ireland

The townland first appeared in a taxation letter of 1605 under the name 'Ballycronekill', with the form 'Cromkill' first appearing in 1669. The oldest surviving buildings in the townland are a collection of houses on the Cockhill Road, which date from circa 1830.^[5] Cromkill is recorded in the 1911 census of Ireland as having 294 residents, mostly Presbyterian.^[5]