Knockbreda ( Irish: ''An Cnoc agus An Bhréadach'') 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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

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 552,261. It borders County Antrim to the ...

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ; ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It has been #Descriptions, variously described as a country, province or region. Northern Ireland shares Repub ...

. It is situated mainly 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 ...

Castlereagh Upper Castlereagh Upper (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. It is bordered by eight other baronies: Castlereagh Lower an ...

, with 4 townlands in the barony of

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 '' ...

Settlements

The civil parish contains a number of areas now in

Belfast Belfast (, , , ; from ) is the capital city and principal port of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan and connected to the open sea through Belfast Lough and the North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland), North Channel ...

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Ballymacarrett Ballymacarrett or Ballymacarret () is the name of both a townland and electoral ward in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The townland is in the civil parish of Knockbreda (civil parish), Knockbreda in the historic barony (Ireland), barony of Castler ...

* Braniel *

Cregagh Cregagh () is an area in the southeast of Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is the name of a townland and has been adopted as the name of an electoral ward of Belfast City council. The townland dates back to medieval times, when it was part of the ...

Newtownbreda Newtownbreda ( Irish: ''Baile Nua na Bréadaí'') is a residential suburban village of south Belfast and within County Down in Northern Ireland, clustered around a small and now largely invisible 18th century village. The A55 Belfast Outer Ring r ...

Townlands

The civil parish contains the following townlands: * Ballydollaghan * Ballylenaghan *

* Ballymaconaghy * Ballynafoy * Ballyrushboy * Braniel *

Breda Breda ( , , , ) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the southern part of the Netherlands, located in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Brabant. ...

* Carnamuck * Castlereagh *

* Galywally *

Gilnahirk The townlands of Belfast are the oldest surviving land divisions in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The city is split between two traditional Counties by the River Lagan, with those townlands north of the river generally in County Antrim, while thos ...

* Gortgrib * Knock * Knockbreckan * Lisnabreeny * Lisnasharragh * Multyhogy * Slatady *

Tullycarnet Tullycarnet is an area of east Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is a built-up area, mostly residential, that lies around to the east of Belfast City Hall. It borders Dundonald to the west, and the main thoroughfare is Kings Road. Name The name " ...

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