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Place in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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] The barony roughly matches the former
Gaelic territory of Uí Blathmaic , anglicized
Blathewic .
[4] 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:
[5]
Towns
Villages
Population centres
List of civil parishes
Below is a list of
civil parishes in Castlereagh Lower:
[5]
[6]
[7]
References
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"Cary" . Placenames Database of Ireland . Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. Retrieved 24 May 2015 .
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a
b
PRONI Baronies of Northern Ireland
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"Database of Irish Historical Statistics - Literacy Notes" (PDF) . Archived from
the original (PDF) on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2015 .
^ O'Laverty, James (1878).
"The Territory of the Ards" . An Historical Account of the Diocese of Down and Conor, Ancient and Modern . p.64. Quote: "Their territory extended from the vicinity of Bangor to that of Carrickmannon, and included the modern civil parishes of Holywood, Dundonald, Comber, Killinchy, Kilmood, Tullynakill, with parts of Bangor, Newtownards, and Knock-breda."
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a
b
"Castlereagh Lower" . IreAtlas Townlands Database . Retrieved 15 May 2015 .
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"Baronies and parishes of County Down" . Archived from
the original on 17 February 2010. Retrieved 24 May 2015 .
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"PRONI Civil Parishes of County Down" . Archived from
the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2015 .