KILBRIDE, a parish, in the barony of UPPER-ANTRIM,
county of ANTRIM, and province of ULSTER, 2¼
miles (W. N. W.) from Ballyclare, on the road from Ballymena
to Doagh; containing 1849 inhabitants. This
parish comprises, according to the Ordnance survey,
5641 statute acres. It is a rectory and vicarage, in the
diocese of Connor, and part of the union of Donegore:
the tithes amount to £373. 3. 4½. There is no church;
divine service is performed in a school-house every
Sunday. About 240 children are taught in four private
schools, and there are three Sunday schools.