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Encyclopedia > Connor, County Antrim

Connor/Kells is a village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, near Ballymena. The area encompases both villages which are very close together and have a joint primary school, library, development association etc. It had a population of 1,745 people in the 2001 Census. It is within the Ballymena Borough Council area. A village is a human settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... County Antrim ( in [Gaelic) is one of the six Irish counties that form Northern Ireland. ... official_languages = Englishde facto5| Dieu et mon droit (Royal motto) (French for God and my right)3 Northern Irelands location within the UK Official languages English, Irish, Ulster Scots Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Area  - Total Ranked 4th 13,843 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked... Census 2001 is the name by which the national census conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001 is known. ... Ballymena Borough Council is a Local Council in County Antrim in Northern Ireland. ...


History

There is much evidence, from written sources and archaeological material, that Connor was a sizeable, complex settlement in the Early Christian period, probably with monastic and secular elements coexisting. There was no monastic establishment at Connor in the Middle Ages, though there was an Augustinian community at Kells nearby. The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... The Augustinians, named after Saint Augustine of Hippo (died AD 430), are several Roman Catholic monastic orders and congregations of both men and women living according to a guide to religious life known as the Rule of Saint Augustine. ...


2001 Census

Connor/Kells is classified as a Village by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (ie with population between 1,000 and 2,250 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 1,745 people living in Connor/Kells. Of these: April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

  • 25.0% were aged under 16 years and 14.7% were aged 60 and over
  • 48.4% of the population were male and 51.6% were female
  • 1.3% were from a Catholic background and 94.7% were from a Protestant background
  • 2.9% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed

For more details see: NI Neighbourhood Information Service Protestantism is a movement within Christianity, representing a split from within the Roman Catholic Church during the mid-to-late Renaissance in Europe —a period known as the Protestant Reformation. ...


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