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Kilbroney, County Down
Kilbroney is a civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated mainly in the historic barony of Iveagh Upper, Upper Half, with one townland in Iveagh Upper, Lower Half. It is also a townland of 575 acres. Settlements The civil parish contains the following settlements: *Rostrevor Townlands Kilbroney civil parish contains the following townlands: * Ballincurry * Ballincurry Upper * Ballindoalty * Ballindoalty Upper * Ballinran * Ballinran Upper * Ballintur * Ballintur Upper * Ballyagholy *Ballyedmond *Ballyedmond Upper *Ballymoney * Ballyneddan * Ballyneddan Upper * Drumreagh * Drumreagh Upper * Drumsesk *Kilbroney * Kilroney Upper * Kilfeaghan * Kilfeaghan Upper *Killowen Mountains * Knockbarragh * Levallyclanone * Levallyreagh * Moygannon * Newtown *Newtown Upper *Rosstrevor *Rosstrevor Mountains *Rosstrevor Upper * Tamnyveagh *The Point Park See also *List of civil parishes of County Down *Kilbroney Park Kilbroney Park (Irish: Páirc Chill Bhrónai) is a par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civil Parishes In Ireland
Civil parishes () are units of territory in the island of Ireland that have their origins in old Gaelic territorial divisions. They were adopted by the Anglo-Norman Lordship of Ireland and then by the Elizabethan Kingdom of Ireland, and were formalised as land divisions at the time of the Plantations of Ireland. They no longer correspond to the boundaries of Roman Catholic or Church of Ireland parishes, which are generally larger. Their use as administrative units was gradually replaced by Poor Law Divisions in the 19th century, although they were not formally abolished. Today they are still sometimes used for legal purposes, such as to locate property in deeds of property registered between 1833 and 1946. Origins The Irish parish was based on the Gaelic territorial unit called a '' túath'' or '' Trícha cét''. Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the Anglo-Norman barons retained the ''tuath'', later renamed a parish or manor, as a unit of taxation. The civil parish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killowen Mountains
Killowen (, now spelt ''Cill Eoin''), alternatively spelt Cill Abhainn is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is near Rostrevor and on the shore of Carlingford Lough Carlingford Lough (, Ulster Scots: ''Carlinford Loch'') is a glacial fjord or sea inlet in northeastern Ireland, forming part of the border between Northern Ireland to the north and the Republic of Ireland to the south. On its northern shore i .... In the 2001 Census it had a population of 159 people. It lies within the Newry and Mourne District Council area. History Near Killowen, on the shore of the loch, is Ballinran Court Tomb. It was excavated in 1976 in advance of a road widening scheme. Education * Killowen Primary School Climate People * Charles Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen, a 19th-century statesman and Lord Chief Justice. * Patrick Murphy, the Irish Giant. References Killowen Historical Society [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
