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{{Infobox UK place
| official_name = Kinallen
| irish_name = Cionn Álainn
| scots_name = 
| local_name = 
| static_image = Kinallen Mission Hall - geograph.org.uk - 1483777.jpg
| static_image_caption = Kinallen Mission Hall
| map_type = Northern Ireland
| coordinates = {{coord|54.3811|-6.0721|display=inline,title}}
| label_position = none
| belfast_distance = 20 miles
| population = 557
| population_ref = ([[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 Census]])
| irish_grid_reference = J252497
| unitary_northern_ireland = [[Banbridge (district)|Banbridge]]
| country = Northern Ireland
| historic_county = 
| post_town = DROMORE
| postcode_area = BT
| postcode_district = BT25
| dial_code = 028
| constituency_westminster = [[Lagan Valley (UK Parliament constituency)|Lagan Valley]]
| constituency_ni_assembly = [[Lagan Valley (Assembly constituency)|Lagan Valley]]
| lieutenancy_northern_ireland = [[County Down]]
| website = 
| hide_services = yes
| type = Village
}}
'''Kinallen''' ({{Irish derived place name|Cionn Álainn|beautiful headland}})<ref>[http://www.placenamesni.org/resultsdetail.phtml?entry=11544 Placenames NI] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120611094830/http://www.placenamesni.org/resultsdetail.phtml?entry=11544 |date=2012-06-11 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.logainm.ie/1165756.aspx Placenames Database of Ireland]</ref> is a small [[village]] and [[townland]] in [[County Down]], [[Northern Ireland]]. It is four miles from [[Dromore, County Down|Dromore]] and two miles from [[Dromara]].

The village has a shop, Post Office, Day Care center, Fair Hill Primary school and Nursery Unit, and an [[Orange Institution|Orange Hall]]. Also First Dromara Presbyterian Church is located just beyond the [[townland]] boundary.

== Education ==
There is one school in the village, Fair Hill Primary School and Nursery Unit (formerly ''Kinallen Primary School'').

The local secondary school students often attend [[Friends' School, Lisburn|Friends' School]] or [[Wallace High School (Northern Ireland)|Wallace High]] in [[Lisburn]], [[Banbridge Academy]] or [[Dromore High School]].

==Transport and communications==
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The village surrounds a crossroads, where the Banbridge-Dromara and Lisburn-Katesbridge roads meet. In recent years, the village has seen some population growth; 300 residents lived in the village in 1991 and it grew to 557 residents in 2001. This is mainly due to attractive house prices in the rural zones of [[Belfast]]'s [[commuter belt]], helped by Kinallen's desirable position in the countryside and its nearness to both the [[A1 road (Northern Ireland)|A1]] dual-carriageway and the [[M1 motorway (Northern Ireland)|M1 motorway]].

The village's recent popularity as a place to live has turned the area into a dormitory settlement for both Belfast and [[Lisburn]].

The village is served by [[Translink (Northern Ireland)|Translink]] ''[[Ulsterbus]]'' bus service 26, which runs between [[Dromara]] and [[Lisburn]] through Kinallen, [[Drumlough, Hillsborough|Drumlough]] and  [[Annahilt]]. At peak times, the service extends to the [[Belfast Great Victoria Street railway station|Europa Bus Centre]] in Belfast city centre.

Kinallen's official [[Subscriber Trunk Dialling|telephone dialling code]], like the rest of [[Northern Ireland]] is '''028'''. Kinallen lies within the Dromara telephone exchange area, meaning local numbers commence with 9753xxxx. Until the 2000 [[Big Number Change]], the village constituted part of the 01238 area code ([[Saintfield]]/[[Ballynahinch, County Down|Ballynahinch]]/[[Dromara]]).

== 2001 Census ==
Kinallen is classified as a small village or hamlet by the [[Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency]] (NISRA) (i.e. with population between 500 and 1,000 people).
On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 557 people living in Kinallen. Of these:
*29.5% were aged under 16 years and 7.9% were aged 60 and over
*50.6% of the population were male and 49.4% were female
*6.3% were from a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] background and 89.2% were from a [[Protestantism|Protestant]] background
*1.3% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed.

==References==
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[[Category:Villages in County Down]]
[[Category:Townlands of County Down]]
[[Category:Civil parish of Dromore, County Down]]