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Killinchy (civil Parish)
Killinchy () is a civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is mainly situated in the historic barony of Dufferin, with two smaller portions in the baronies of Castlereagh Upper and Castlereagh Lower. Settlements Settlements within Killinchy civil parish include: * Balloo *Ballygowan (partly in civil parish of Comber) *Killinchy * Raffrey * Whiterock Townlands Killinchy civil parish contains the following townlands: (Most of the townlands are in the barony of Dufferin, but 5 townlands are in the barony of Castlereagh Lower and 4 in the barony of Castlereagh Upper.) * Aughnadarragh * Balloo * Ballybredagh *Ballycloghan * Ballydorn * Ballygeegan *Ballygowan * Ballymacashen * Ballymacreelly * Ballymorran * Barnamaghery * Bradock Island * Carrickmannan * Carrigullian * Conley Island * Craigarusky * Creevybeg *Darragh Island * Drumreagh * Dunsy Island * Dunsy Rock * Feehary Island * Green Island * Islandbane * Islandmore * Killinakin *Killinchy *Quarterland * Raffrey * Rath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civil Parishes In Ireland
Civil parishes () are units of territory in the island of Ireland that have their origins in old Gaelic territorial divisions. They were adopted by the Anglo-Norman Lordship of Ireland and then by the Elizabethan Kingdom of Ireland, and were formalised as land divisions at the time of the Plantations of Ireland. They no longer correspond to the boundaries of Roman Catholic or Church of Ireland parishes, which are generally larger. Their use as administrative units was gradually replaced by Poor_law_union#Ireland, Poor Law Divisions in the 19th century, although they were not formally abolished. Today they are still sometimes used for legal purposes, such as to locate property in deeds of property registered between 1833 and 1946. Origins The Irish parish was based on the Gaelic territorial unit called a ''túath'' or ''Trícha cét''. Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the Anglo-Normans, Anglo-Norman barons retained the ''tuath'', later renamed a parish or manor, as a un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conley Island
Conley (from ''O′Conghaile'', Ó Conghalaigh) is a surname of Irish origin. It is a variant spelling of Connelly and Connolly. It is listed in the census of 1659 as coming from the city of Dublin. O'Connolly was a principal name of Monaghan. People with the surname Arts and letters * Darby Conley (born 1970), American cartoonist * Philip Mallory Conley (1887–1979), American historian * Robert Conley (reporter) (1928–2013), American reporter * Robert J. Conley (1940–2014), Cherokee author * Tom Conley (philologist) (born 1943), American philologist * Willy Conley (born 1958), American photographer Business * Chip Conley (born 1960), American hotelier * Kerry Conley (1866–1924), American businessman and politician * Lyda Conley (1874–1946), American lawyer * Rosemary Conley (born 1946), English businesswoman, author and broadcaster * William Henry Conley (1840–1897), American industrialist and philanthropist Entertainment * Arthur Conley (1946–2003), Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
