Castlereagh Upper

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Castlereagh Upper

An Caisleán Riabhach Uachtarach [1] (Irish)
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Location of Castlereagh Upper, County Down, Northern Ireland.
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Country Northern Ireland
County Down

Castlereagh Upper (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 eight other baronies: Castlereagh Lower and Dufferin to the east; Lecale Lower and Kinelarty to the south; Iveagh Lower, Lower Half, Iveagh Lower, Upper Half, and Massereene Upper to the west; and Belfast Upper to the north. [2]

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List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in Castlereagh Upper: [4]

Cities

Towns

Villages

Population centres

List of civil parishes

Below is a list of civil parishes in Castlereagh Upper: [4] [5] [6]

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Ards Lower Place in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

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Lecale Lower Place in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

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Lecale Upper Place in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

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Iveagh Upper, Upper Half Place in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Iveagh Upper, Upper Half is the name of a barony in County Down, Northern Ireland. It was created by 1851 with the division of the barony of Iveagh Upper into two. It lies to the west and south of the county, split in half by the Lordship of Newry. It is bordered by six other baronies: Mourne to the south; Iveagh Upper, Lower Half to the east; Iveagh Lower, Lower Half and Iveagh Lower, Upper Half to the north; and Orior Lower and Orior Upper to the west.

Iveagh Lower, Upper Half Place in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Iveagh Lower, Upper Half is the name of a barony in County Down, Northern Ireland. It was created by 1851 with the division of the barony of Iveagh Lower into two. It is bordered by five other baronies: Iveagh Upper, Lower Half to the south; Iveagh Upper, Upper Half to the south-west; Iveagh Lower, Lower Half to the west and north; Castlereagh Upper to the north-east; and Kinelarty to the west.

Iveagh Lower, Lower Half Place in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

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Castlereagh Lower Place in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Castlereagh Lower is a historic barony in County Down, Northern Ireland. It was created by 1841 with the division of Castlereagh into two. 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. Castlereagh Lower is also bounded by Belfast Lough to the north and Strangford Lough to the south-east.

Blaris Human settlement in Northern Ireland

Blaris is a civil parish covering areas of both County Antrim and County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic baronies of Castlereagh Upper and Iveagh Lower, Upper Half in County Down and Massereene Upper in County Antrim. It is also a townland of 543 acres, which contains the site of the Blaris medieval parish church, and is on the south-east side of the River Lagan, adjacent to Lisburn.

Castlereagh (County Down barony) Place in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Castlereagh is the name of a former barony in County Down, present-day Northern Ireland. It spanned the north-eastern area of the county bordering the baronies of: Ards to the east; Belfast to the north; Iveagh to the west south; and Dufferin, Kinelarty, and Lecale to the south. By 1841 the barony was divided into Castlereagh Lower and Castlereagh Upper.

References

  1. "Cary". Placenames Database of Ireland. Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 PRONI Baronies of Northern Ireland
  3. "Database of Irish Historical Statistics - Literacy Notes" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-12. Retrieved 2015-05-24.
  4. 1 2 "Castlereagh Upper". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  5. "Baronies and parishes of County Down". Archived from the original on 2010-02-17. Retrieved 2015-05-24.
  6. "PRONI Civil Parishes of County Down". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2015-05-24.