Castlereagh Lower
Castlereagh Lower
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 Location of Castlereagh Lower, County Down, Northern Ireland. | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| County | Down |
Castlereagh Lower (named after the former barony of Castlereagh) is a historic barony in County Down, Northern Ireland.[2] It was created by 1841 with the division of Castlereagh into two.[3] It is bordered by three other baronies: Ards Lower to the east; Dufferin to the south; and Castlereagh Upper to the west and south-west.[2] Castlereagh Lower is also bounded by Belfast Lough to the north and Strangford Lough to the south-east.
List of settlements
Below is a list of settlements in Castlereagh Lower:[4]
Towns
- Bangor (also partly in barony of Ards Lower)
- Comber
- Holywood
- Newtownards (also partly in barony of Ards Lower)
Villages
Population centres
List of civil parishes
Below is a list of civil parishes in Castlereagh Lower:[4][5][6]
- Bangor (also partly in barony of Ards Lower)
- Comber (also partly in barony of Castlereagh Upper)
- Dundonald
- Holywood
- Killinchy (also partly in baronies of Castlereagh Upper and Dufferin)
- Kilmood
- Knockbreda (also partly in barony of Castlereagh Upper)
- Newtownards (also partly in barony of Ards Lower)
- Tullynakill
References
- ^ "Cary". Placenames Database of Ireland. Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
- ^ a b PRONI Baronies of Northern Ireland
- ^ Database of Irish Historical Statistics - Literacy Notes
- ^ a b "Castlereagh Lower". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ Baronies and parishes of County Down
- ^ PRONI Civil Parishes of County Down
