Killyleagh

For the constituency, see Killyleagh (Parliament of Ireland constituency). For the village in County Armagh, see Killylea.
Killyleagh Castle seen from Church Hill
Killyleagh harbour and St John's church
Killyleagh Castle

Killyleagh (/kɪliˈl/; from Irish: Cill Ó Laoch, meaning "church of the descendants of Laoch")[1][2] is a village and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the A22 road from Downpatrick, on the western side of Strangford Lough. It had a population of 2,483 people in the 2001 Census. It is best known for its 12th century Killyleagh Castle. Killyleagh lies within the Down District Council area and the Strangford Constituency area.

Demography

Killyleagh is classified as an intermediate settlement by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (i.e. with population between 2000 and 4000 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 2,483 people living in Killyleagh. Of these:

For more details see: NI Neighbourhood Information Service

Places of interest

Sport

People

Twin town

Killyleagh is twinned with Cleveland, North Carolina, USA.

Civil parish of Killyleagh

The civil parish is mainly in the barony of Dufferin, with one townland in the barony of Castlereagh Upper. It also contains the village of Killyleagh.[4]

Townlands

The civil parish contains the following townlands:[4]

  • Ardigoa
  • Ballyalgan
  • Ballygoskin
  • Ballymacarron
  • Ballymacromwell
  • Ballytrim
  • Ballywillin
  • Clay
  • Cluntagh
  • Commons
  • Corbally
  • Corporation
  • Derryboy
  • Dodd's Island
  • Dunnyneill Islands
  • Gibb's Island
  • Island Taggart
  • Killinchy in the Woods
  • Kirkland and Toy
  • Lisinaw
  • Moymore
  • Mullagh
  • Pawle Island
  • Rathcunningham
  • Ringdufferin
  • Simmy Island
  • Toy and Kirkland
  • Tullykin
  • Tullymacnous
  • Tullyveery

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Killyleagh.

References

  1. PlaceNames NI
  2. Placenames Database of Ireland
  3. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19120612&id=pcAaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_UgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1946,3071579&hl=en. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 1 2 "Killyleagh". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 17 May 2015.

Coordinates: 54°24′N 5°39′W / 54.40°N 5.65°W / 54.40; -5.65

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