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Corkey

Village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Summary

Village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Field	Value
official_name	Corkey
irish_name	Corcaigh
static_image_name	Corkey Tricolour.JPG
static_image_caption	Corkey
map_type	Northern Ireland
coordinates
label_position	none
belfast_distance_mi	43
population	162
population_ref	(2021 census)
irish_grid_reference	D082250
unitary_northern_ireland	Ballymoney
country	Northern Ireland
post_town	BALLYMENA
postcode_area	BT
postcode_district	BT44
dial_code	028, +44 28
constituency_westminster	North Antrim
constituency_ni_assembly	North Antrim
lieutenancy_northern_ireland	County Antrim
hide_services	yes

Corkey or Corky is a small village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Located 11 miles east of Ballymoney, it is within the Ballymoney Borough Council area, and is at the edge of the Glens of Antrim. The villages of Loughguile and Cloughmills are nearby. It had a population of 162 people in the 2021 census.

The Scottish renewable energy company Scottish Power Renewables operate a ten-windmill wind farm in Corkey. The wind farm is on Slievenahanagh mountain. Local company W & J Taggart own and run Corkey quarry, supplying stones to local building contractors.

Altnahinch Dam and Slieveanorra Forest are outside Corkey.

The local school is St Anne's Primary School.

References

[http://www.logainm.ie/135749.aspx Placenames Database of Ireland]
"Corkey in Causeway Coast and Glens (Northern Ireland)".
[http://www.scottishpowerrenewables.com/pages/corkey.asp "Our Business"] Scottish Power Renewables.com
link. (10 February 2013 ''Yell.com'')

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