Kircubbin, County Down
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NEWTONARDS |
| Postcode district | BT22 |
| Dialling code | 028 |
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| Police | Northern Ireland |
| Fire | Northern Ireland |
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Kircubbin is a village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. The village had a population of 1,153 people in the 2011 census.[1]
History
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
Archibald Warwick, a Presbyterian licentiate and member of the United Irishmen from Kircubbin, was hanged in 1798 near his church, for participating in Irish Rebellion of 1798.[4]
The Troubles
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
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
2011 census
In the 2011 census, Kircubbin had a population of 1,153 (471 households).[1]
2001 census
Kircubbin was classified as a village by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (i.e. with population between 1,000 and 2,250 people) for the 2001 census. On census day (29 April 2001), there were 1,214 people living in Kircubbin. Of these:
- 25.0% were aged under 16 years and 17.4% were aged 60 and over
- 48.9% of the population were male and the other 51.1% were female
- 66.8% were from a Catholic background and 31.2% were Protestant
Economy
In 2013, Echlinville Distillery was granted the first licence to distil spirits in Northern Ireland in over 130 years.[8]
Sport
Kircubbin F.C. play in the Northern Amateur Football League.[9][10] They were founded in 1923, and have won the Borough Cup in 2009, and Champions of County Down in 2015.[11]
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Kircubbin". Census 2011 Results. NI Statistics and Research Agency. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Placenames NI". Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Interview: William Carson" (PDF). The Ulster-Scots Language Society. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Beiner, Guy (2018). Forgetful Remembrance: Social Forgetting and Vernacular Historiography of a Rebellion in Ulster (1st ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 158–159, 334. ISBN 978-0-19-874935-6.
- ^ Northern Ireland Assembly: Inquiry into Historical Institutional Abuse Bill: De La Salle Order Briefing, 19 September 2012 "claims arising out of Kircubbin boys' home..."
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Echlinville Distillery – Irish Whiskey News". Whisky Intelligence. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Northern Amateur Football League :: Kircubbin F.C." www.thenafl.co.uk. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."County Antrim & District Football Association". www.countyantrimfa.org. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Amateur League results". NorthernIrelandWorld. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
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