Castlereagh Lower (named after the former barony of Castlereagh) is a historic

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. It was created by 1841 with the division of Castlereagh into two. The barony roughly matches the former

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territory of ''Uí Blathmaic'', anglicized Blathewic.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." It is bordered by three other baronies:

Ards Lower Ards Lower (named after the former barony of Ards), alternatively known as North Ards, is a barony in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies on the northern half of the Ards Peninsula in the north-east of the county, with the Irish Sea to its eas ...

to the east; Dufferin to the south; and

Castlereagh Upper Castlereagh Upper (named after the former barony of Castlereagh) 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 eight other baronies: Castlereagh Lower an ...

to the west and south-west. Castlereagh Lower is also bounded by

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to the north and

Strangford Lough Strangford Lough (from Old Norse ''Strangr Fjörðr'', meaning "strong sea-inlet"PlaceNames N ...

to the south-east.

List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in Castlereagh Lower:

Towns

* Bangor (also partly in barony of

) *

Comber Comber ( , , locally ) is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies south of Newtownards, at the northern end of Strangford Lough. It is situated in the townland of Town Parks, the civil parish of Comber and the historic barony of Ca ...

Holywood Holy Wood or Holywood may refer to: Places * Holywood, County Down, a town and townland in Northern Ireland ** Holywood, County Down (civil parish), a civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland ** Holywood railway station (Northern Ireland) * ...

Newtownards Newtownards is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies at the most northern tip of Strangford Lough, 10 miles (16 km) east of Belfast, on the Ards Peninsula. It is in the civil parish of Newtownards and the historic baron ...

(also partly in barony of Ards Lower)

Villages

Ardmillan Ardmillan ( gd, Aird a' Mhaolain, IPA: �aːɾʲtʲˈaˈvɯːɫ̪ɪn is a mainly residential suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland. The area developed during the mid to late Victorian era as Edinburgh expanded and many of the present tenement flats and h ...

Crawfordsburn Crawfordsburn () is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland. The village, which is now effectively a commuter suburb, lies between Holywood and Bangor to the north of the A2 road, about 4 km west of Bangor town centre. Bounded ...

Population centres

* Dundonald

List of civil parishes

Below is a list of

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in Castlereagh Lower: * Bangor (also partly in barony of Ards Lower) *

(also partly in barony of

) * Dundonald *

Killinchy Killinchy () is a townland and small village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is two miles inland from the western shores of Strangford Lough in the Borough of Ards and North Down. It is situated in the townland of the same name, the civil p ...

(also partly in baronies of Castlereagh Upper and Dufferin) *

Kilmood Kilmood is a civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Castlereagh Lower Castlereagh Lower (named after the former barony of Castlereagh) is a historic barony in County Down, Northern Ireland. It w ...

* Knockbreda (also partly in barony of Castlereagh Upper) *

(also partly in barony of Ards Lower) *

Tullynakill Tullynakill () is a civil parish and townland (of 317 acres) in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Castlereagh Lower. History The name Tullynakill appears in the 1615 Terrier of church property and on the Ra ...

References

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