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1 History  



1.1  1798 Rebellion  





1.2  The Troubles  





1.3  Boys' Home abuse  







2 Population  



2.1  2011 Census  





2.2  2001 Census  







3 Economy  





4 References  





5 External links  














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Coordinates: 54°29N 5°32W / 54.483°N 5.533°W / 54.483; -5.533
 

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Kircubbin
Kircubbin is located in County Down
Kircubbin

Kircubbin

Location within County Down

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54°29′N 5°32′W / 54.483°N 5.533°W / 54.483; -5.533

Kircubbin is a village and townlandinCounty Down, Northern Ireland. The village had a population of 1,153 people in the 2011 Census.[1]

History[edit]

The settlement was originally known as Kilcubin, which is thought to come from Irish Cill Ghobáin, meaning "St Goban's church". This later became Kirkcubbin, from the Ulster-Scots word for church, kirk.[2][3]

1798 Rebellion[edit]

The Rev. William Warwick, a Presbyterian minister in Kircubbin, was hanged in 1798 near his church, for the writing of seditious documents in support of the Irish Rebellion of 1798.[4]

The Troubles[edit]

Two significant incidents occurred during the Troubles. In 1974, St Mary Star of the Sea Church, Nunsquarter, which still stands and is used today, was badly damaged by a bomb planted at the side door of the chapel. One man, a local joiner who was working in the church hall adjacent to the church, left the premises shortly before the bomb went off.

Boys' Home abuse[edit]

In 2014, the Christian Brothers admitted to the physical and sexual abuse of boys in their care from 1951 to 1985 at the De La Salle Boys' Home, Rubane House, Kircubbin, often referred to as the "Kircubbin Boys' Home".[5] or simply "Kircubbin", and issued an apology to its victims.[6][7]

Population[edit]

2011 Census[edit]

In the 2011 Census Kircubbin had a population of 1,153 (471 households).[1]

2001 Census[edit]

Kircubbin is classified as a village by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (i.e. with population between 1,000 and 2,250 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 1,214 people living in Kircubbin. Of these:

Economy[edit]

In 2013, Echlinville Distillery was granted the first licence to distil spirits in Northern Ireland in over 130 years.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Kircubbin". Census 2011 Results. NI Statistics and Research Agency. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  • ^ Placenames NI
  • ^ "Interview: William Carson" (PDF). The Ulster-Scots Language Society. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  • ^ Sandford, Ernest (1976). Discover Northern Ireland. Belfast: NI Tourist Board. p. 196.
  • ^ Northern Ireland Assembly: Inquiry into Historical Institutional Abuse Bill: De La Salle Order Briefing, 19 September 2012 "claims arising out of Kircubbin boys' home..."
  • ^ McDonald, Henry (14 January 2014). "Sisters of Nazareth become second Catholic order to admit to child abuse". The Guardian.
  • ^ "Rubane House 'like Hell upon Earth' for 69-year-old branded a liar for reporting his abuse as boy", belfasttelegraph.co.uk, 9 October 2014.
  • ^ "Echlinville Distillery – Irish Whiskey News". Whisky Intelligence. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  • External links[edit]


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