Derrykeighan () is a hamlet,

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

and townland (of 161 acres) in

County Antrim County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim, ) is one of six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and has a population o ...

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

, 4 miles (7.5 km) north of

Ballymoney Ballymoney ( ga, Baile Monaidh , meaning 'townland of the moor') is a small town and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is within the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council area. The civil parish of Ballymoney is situated in ...

. It is situated in the historic

barony Barony may refer to: * Barony, the peerage, office of, or territory held by a baron * Barony, the title and land held in fealty by a feudal baron * Barony (county division), a type of administrative or geographical division in parts of the British ...

Dunluce Lower Dunluce Lower is a barony in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. To its north runs the north-Antrim coast, and it is bordered by three other baronies: Dunluce Upper to the south, Cary to the east, and the North East Liberties of Coleraine to the wes ...

History

The site of the medieval parish church, and also of an early church, is marked by the ruins of a later church in Derrykeighan.

Civil parish of Derrykeighan

The civil parish covers includes the village of

Dervock Dervock ( or ''Dairbheog'') is a small village and townland (of 132 acres) in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is about 3.5 miles (6 km) northeast of Ballymoney, on the banks of the River Bush. It is situated in the civil parish of De ...

Townlands

The civil parish contains the following townlands: *

Aghancrossy Aghancrossy is a townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, near Dervock. It is situated in the historic barony of Dunluce Lower and the civil parish of Derrykeighan and covers an area of 55 acres The name derives from the Irish: ''Achadh na C ...

Ballydivity Ballydivity () is a townland of 333 acres in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the civil parish of Derrykeighan and historic barony of Dunluce Lower. Places of interest Ballydivity House, near Ballymoney is a two-storey three-ba ...

* Ballyhibistock Lower * Ballyhibistock Upper *

Ballynafeigh Laganbank was one of the nine district electoral areas in Belfast, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 2014. Located in the south of the city, the district elected five members to Belfast City Council and contained the wards of Ballynaf ...

* Ballynarry Upper * Ballyratahan * Ballyratahan * Beerhill * Bellisle * Carnaff * Carncoggy * Carncullagh Lower * Carncullagh Middle * Carncullagh Upper * Carnfeogue * Carracloghy * Chathamhall * Coole * Deepstown *Derrykeighan *

* Drumcrottagh *

Glebe Glebe (; also known as church furlong, rectory manor or parson's close(s))McGurk 1970, p. 17 is an area of land within an ecclesiastical parish used to support a parish priest. The land may be owned by the church, or its profits may be reserved ...

Gracehill Gracehill is a village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies about 3 km from Ballymena and is in the townland of Ballykennedy (from ga, Baile Uí Cheannada). It is part of the Ballymena (borough), Borough of Mid & East Antrim. Hist ...

Islandahoe Islandahoe () is a townland of 250 acres in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the civil parish of Derrykeighan and historic barony of Dunluce Lower. See also *List of townlands in County Antrim In Ireland Counties are divi ...

* Knockanboy * Knockavallan * Lisconnan * Lisnabraugh * Livery Lower * Livery Upper * Mostragee *

Mullaghduff Mullaghduff may refer to: * Mullaghduff, County Cavan Mullaghduff (Irish: ''Mullach Dubh'') is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Etymology The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic pl ...

* Stroan Lower * Stroan Upper * Tullybane

References

{{authority control Townlands of County Antrim Villages in County Antrim