Castlereagh (County Down barony)
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Castlereagh
An Caisleán Riabhach (Irish) | |
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 Location of Castlereagh, County Down, in present-day Northern Ireland. | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| County | Down |
Castlereagh (from Irish An Caisleán Riabhach, meaning 'the grey castle')[1] is the name of a former barony in County Down, present-day Northern Ireland.[2] 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.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "An Caisleán Riabhach/Castlereagh". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- ^ a b PRONI Baronies of Northern Ireland
- ^ a b "Database of Irish Historical Statistics - Literacy Notes" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
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