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

The townland first appears 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. Cromkill is recorded in the 1911 census of Ireland as having 294 residents, mostly Presbyterian.

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  1. "Place Names NI - Home". www.placenamesni.org. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  2. "Cromkill (Crom Choill)". wikimapia.org. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  3. "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  4. "Cromkill Townland, Co. Antrim". www.townlands.ie. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Home | Buildings| nidirect". apps.communities-ni.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2021.


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