Dunadry ()
is a
hamlet
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and
townland
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(of 657 acres) 3 miles (5 km) from
Antrim in
County Antrim
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,
Northern Ireland
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. It is situated in the
civil parish
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of
Grange of Nilteen
Grange of Nilteen is a civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Antrim Upper. It is 3.5 miles east of Antrim on the Six Mile Water River.
Civil parish of Grange of Nilteen
The civil parish include ...
and the historic
barony Barony may refer to:
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of
Antrim Upper
Antrim Upper is a barony in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is bordered by six other baronies: Antrim Lower to the north; Toome Upper to the west; Massereene Lower to the south-west; Belfast Upper to the south; Belfast Lower to the south-eas ...
. It is within the
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council is a local authority that was established on 1 April 2015. It replaces Antrim Borough Council and Newtownabbey Borough Council. A statutory transition committee was established in 2013 to prepare for the m ...
area. It had a population of 430 people (190 households) in the 2011 Census.
(2001 Census: 237 people).
History
Around 1251 the name of Dunadry townland was recorded as ''Dunedergel''. The Irish ''Dún Eadradh'' may reinterpret an earlier name, ''Dún Eadarghabhal'' (fort between forks), referring to a fort which formerly stood in the junction between the
Six Mile Water
The Six Mile Water is a river in southern County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is an indirect tributary of the River Bann, via Lough Neagh.
Name
The river was historically called the ''(river) Ollar'' and is known in Irish as ''Abhainn na bhFiodh ...
River and the Rathmore Burn. The 1838
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Memoir records Dunadry as taking its name from a fort which stood about 100 yards to the north of the village.
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The site of an ancient church and graveyard, formerly the parish church of the Grange of Nilteen, lies in the townland. In the Papal Taxation c.1306 the church is recorded as ''Ecclesia de Drumnedergal''. The Ordnance Survey Memoir of 1838 records, however, that the foundations of the church were wholly removed and the burial ground cultivated.][
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Transport
Dunadry railway station was opened on 11 April 1848 but closed on 20 September 1954.
See also
*List of towns and villages in Northern Ireland
This is an alphabetical list of towns and villages in Northern Ireland. For a list sorted by population, see the list of settlements in Northern Ireland by population. The towns of Armagh, Lisburn and Newry are also classed as cities (see city s ...
*List of townlands in County Antrim
In Ireland Counties are divided into Civil Parishes and Parishes are further divided into townlands. The following is a list of townlands in County Antrim, Northern Ireland:
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Acravally, Aganlane (also known as Parkmore), Aghaboy, ...
References
Villages in County Antrim
Civil parish of Grange of Nilteen
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