Templepatrick (; ) is a village and

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County Antrim County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim, ) is one of six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and has a population ...

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label=Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is #Descriptions, variously described as ...

. It is northwest of

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, and halfway between the towns of

Ballyclare Ballyclare () is a small town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 9,953 according to the 2011 census, and is located within the Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council area. It sits on the river Six Mile Water. The town ...

and Antrim. It is also close to

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and the village has several hotels. Templepatrick is the site of historic

Church of Ireland The Church of Ireland ( ga, Eaglais na hÉireann, ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Kirk o Airlann, ) is a Christian church in Ireland and an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. It is organised on an all-Ireland basis and is the sec ...

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and the Old Presbyterian Church. It had a population of 1,437 people in the 2011 Census.

Places of interest

*One side of the main street in Templepatrick consists of the demesne wall of

Castle Upton Castle Upton is situated in the village of Templepatrick, in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is around north-west of Belfast. Originally the site of a 13th-century fortified priory of the Knights of St John, the present building was const ...

. A mock fortified gateway in the wall at the centre of the village leads to the castle itself. The core of the main house is a

tower house A tower house is a particular type of stone structure, built for defensive purposes as well as habitation. Tower houses began to appear in the Middle Ages, especially in mountainous or limited access areas, in order to command and defend strateg ...

with walls up to five feet thick, built in 1611 by Sir Robert Norton, but later bought in 1625 by Captain Henry Upton. The family mausoleum is in the care of the

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and is open to visitors. The Templeton Hotel in the village was named after Lady

Elizabeth Templetown Elizabeth Upton, Baroness Templetown (''née'' Boughton; 1746/47 – September 1823) was an English artist whose designs were used by Josiah Wedgwood the potter. She specialised in detailed cut-paper work which adapted well to Wedgwood's jaspe ...

, an aristocrat and writer who lived in Castle Upton in the 18th century. In 2020 the Templeton became The Rabbit Hotel. *The Patterson's Spade Mill, which is now a small industrial museum, is nearby. It is a

property.

History

The Troubles

1974

*9 November 1974 - Patrick Courtney (29) and William Tierney (31), both

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civilian Civilians under international humanitarian law are "persons who are not members of the armed forces" and they are not " combatants if they carry arms openly and respect the laws and customs of war". It is slightly different from a non-combatant ...

s, were shot dead by the

Protestant Action Force The name Protestant Action Force (PAF) was used by loyalists, especially members of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), to claim responsibility for a number of paramilitary attacks during the Troubles. It was first used in this context in 1974, ...

at their workplace, a garage, Clady Corner, near Templepatrick.

1976

*25 June 1976 - Ruby Kidd (28), Francis Walker (17) and Joseph McBride (56), all

Protestant Protestantism is a Christian denomination, branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century agai ...

s, were shot dead during a Republican Action Force gun attack on The Store Bar, Lyle Hill Road, Templepatrick.

People

* Sir Robin Kinahan (d. 1997) and his son

Danny Kinahan Daniel de Burgh Kinahan (born 14 April 1958) is an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Antrim from 2015 to 2017. Prior to his election as a Member of Parliament, Kinahan was a Member of the ...

both politicians, of Castle Upton. Danny Kinahan is a cousin of Irish pop/rock star Chris De Burgh. *

Lavinia Loughridge Lavinia Winifred Loughridge (20 May 1930 – 22 March 2014) was a Northern Irish physician who specialised in nephrology. She was one of the pioneers of kidney transplantation, working with Sir Roy Yorke Calne on Britain's first transplantation pr ...

(1930–2014), physician, was born in Templepatrick.

Transport

* Templepatrick railway station opened on 11 April 1848 and shut for passenger traffic on 21 February 1981.

Population

2011 Census

In the 2011 Census, Templepatrick had a population of 1,437 people (605 households).

2001 Census

Templepatrick is classified as a village by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (i.e. with a population between 1,000 and 2,250 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 1,556 people living in Templepatrick. Of these: *19.4% were aged under 16 years and 20.6% were aged 60 and over *50.1% of the population were male and 49.9% were female *12.3% were from a

background and 82.7% were from a

background *1.2% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed.

References

{{authority control Villages in County Antrim Civil parishes of County Antrim