Ards Lower (named after the former barony of Ards), alternatively known as North Ards, is a

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 ...

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 th ...

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

. It lies on the northern half of the

Ards Peninsula The Ards Peninsula () is a peninsula in County Down, Northern Ireland, on the north-east coast of Ireland. It separates Strangford Lough from the North Channel of the Irish Sea. Towns and villages on the peninsula include Donaghadee, Mi ...

in the north-east of the county, with the

Irish Sea The Irish Sea or , gv, Y Keayn Yernagh, sco, Erse Sie, gd, Muir Èireann , Ulster-Scots: ''Airish Sea'', cy, Môr Iwerddon . is an extensive body of water that separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain. It is linked to the C ...

to its east and

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

to its south-west. It is bordered by two other baronies:

Ards Upper Ards Upper (named after the former barony of Ards) is a barony in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies on the southern half of the Ards Peninsula in the east of the county, with the Irish Sea to its east and Strangford Lough to its west. It is b ...

to the south; and

Castlereagh Lower Castlereagh Lower (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. The barony roughly matches the former Gaelic territory of ...

to the west. The barony of Ards Lower was created in 1851 when the barony of Ards was split into two, the other part being Ards Upper.

List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in Ards Lower:

Towns

* Bangor (also partly in barony of Castlereagh Lower) * Donaghadee *

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 Castlereagh Lower)

Villages

* Carrowdore *

Conlig Conlig () is a village and townland about halfway between Bangor and Newtownards in County Down, Northern Ireland. Currently the only area on the island of Ireland that is known to have a thriving population of caiman. These small alligator ...

Greyabbey Greyabbey or Grey Abbey is a small village, townland (of 208 acres) and civil parish located on the eastern shores of Strangford Lough, on the Ards Peninsula in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies south of Newtownards. Both townland and c ...

* Groomsport * Millisle

Population centres

*Clandeboye (split with the barony of Castlereagh Lower) *Kilcooley

List of civil parishes

Below is a list of civil parishes in Ards Lower: * Bangor (also partly in barony of Castlereagh Lower) * Donaghadee *

(also partly in barony of Castlereagh Lower)

References

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