Dromore is a
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 ...
in
County Down
County Down () is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It covers an area of and has a population of 531,665. It borders County Antrim to the ...
,
Northern Ireland
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. It is situated mainly in the historic
baronies 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 ...
of
Iveagh Lower, Lower Half
Iveagh Lower, Lower Half is the name of a barony in County Down, Northern Ireland. It was created by 1851 with the division of the barony of Iveagh Lower into two. It is bordered by six other baronies: Massereene Upper to the north; Castlere ...
, with one
townland
A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic origi ...
in the barony of
Iveagh Lower, Upper Half
Iveagh Lower, Upper Half is the name of a barony in County Down, Northern Ireland. It was created by 1851 with the division of the barony of Iveagh Lower into two. It is bordered by five other baronies: Iveagh Upper, Lower Half to the south; ...
.
Settlements
The civil parish contains the following settlements:
[
* Dromore
* Kinallen
]
Townlands
Dromore civil parish contains the following townlands:[
* Backnamullagh
* Balleny
*]Ballykeel
Ballykeel (from Irish An Baile Caol, meaning "the narrow townland/farmstead") is a townland, containing a large housing estate off the Crebilly Road in South-East Ballymena, County Antrim, in Northern Ireland.
History
The Ballykeel estate is di ...
* Ballymacormick
* Ballymaganlis
* Ballynaris
* Ballysallagh
* Ballyvicknacally
* Coolsallagh
* Drumaghadone
* Drumaknockan
* Drumbroneth
* Drumlough
* Drummiller
* Drumskee
* Edenordinary
* Edentiroory
* Edentrillick
* Ednego
* Greenan
* Greenoge
* Growell
* Islandderry
* Killysorrell
* Kinallen
* Lappoges
* Lisnaward
* Listullycurran
* Lurganbane
* Magherabeg
* Quilly
* Skeagh
* Skillyscolban
* Tullindoney
* Tullyglush
* Tullymacarath
See also
*List of civil parishes of County Down
In Ireland, Counties are divided into civil parishes which are sub-divided into townlands. The following is a list of civil parishes in County Down, Northern Ireland:
A
Aghaderg, Annaclone, Annahilt, Ardglass, Ardkeen, Ardquin
B
Ballee, Ba ...
References
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