Cogry-Kilbride is a

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, about 4 km west of

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. The village encompasses the two

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s of Cogry and Kilbride. It had a population of 1,195 people in the 2001 census. Kilbride is also a

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. It is situated in

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district.

History

The names Cogry (also written as ''Coggrey'') and Kilbride come and ''Cill Bhríde'' meaning " Bríd's church". Cogry was originally a mill village built and owned by the McMeekin family during the mid 19th century, who also owned Cogry Mill. But it declined in the 1950s with the closure of the mill, The mill has since been purchased in 2019 by a property developer but the site currently lies dormant. In recent years the village has been revitalised by housing development. As the two settlements are so close they are often treated as one.

Demographics

Cogry/Kilbride is classified as a "village" by the

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(NISRA) (i.e. with population between 1,000 and 2,250 people).NI Neighbourhood Information Service
/ref> On census day in 2001 (29 April 2001), there were 1,195 people living in Cogry/Kilbride. Of these: *26.3% were aged under 16 years and 7.3% were aged 60 and over *50.2% of the population were male and 49.8% were female *1.5% were from a

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background and 93.7% were from a

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background *2.7% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed

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