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Kilcoo
Kilcoo ( – from the legend that Saint Patrick's body stayed there while on its way to Downpatrick to be buried) (see archival records) is a small village and in , . It lies between and |
Kilcoo GAC
Kilcoo Owen Roes (Irish: Eoghan Rúa Cill Chua) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Kilcoo, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is the most successful club in the Down Senior Football Championship, having won the competition 21 times. The club has also won the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship twice and the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship once. History Kilcoo GAC was founded in 1906, although there were records of GAA being played there since the 1880s; a proper club wasn't formed until then. The club's first competitive match took place on 13 January 1907 against local team Liatroim (who were the first club formed in the county). The match ended with Kilcoo 0–0 Leitrim 0–5. Kilcoo won a first Senior County Championship in 1917, defeating Killyleagh in the final. The club won the 1922 championship, then followed the glorious "four in a row" 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, and further titles in 1932, 1933 and 1937. Patience is a virtue, but Kilcoo had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilcoo2009
Kilcoo ( – from the legend that Saint Patrick's body stayed there while on its way to Downpatrick to be buried) (see archival records) is a small village and in , . It lies between and |
Lough Island Reavy
Lough Island Reavy is a small man-made lough in Kilcoo, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is a fishing spot, which was controlled by the Kilcoo Angling Club. The lake contains pike and perch, as well as small numbers of wild brown trout and eels. Gallery 2004_0904Image0111_wiki.jpg, Sunset over the Lough WINTER_08-09_208_wiki.jpg, Lough Island Reavy was frozen over in January 2010 References See also *List of loughs in Ireland This is an alphabetical list of loughs (lakes) on the island of Ireland. It also shows a table of the largest loughs. The word ''loch, lough'' is pronounced like ''loch'' () and comes from the Irish language, Irish ''loch'', meaning ''lake''. Acc ... Island Reavy {{Down-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iveagh Upper, Lower Half
Iveagh Upper, 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 Upper into two. It lies in the centre of the county, and is bordered by six other baronies: Iveagh Upper, Upper Half and Lordship of Newry to the west; Mourne to the south; Kinelarty and Lecale Upper to the east; and Iveagh Lower, Upper Half to the north. List of settlements Below is a list of the villages and population centres in Iveagh Upper, Lower Half: Towns *Newcastle *Castlewellan Villages *Annsborough *Bryansford *Dromara * Hilltown * Kilcoo * Leitrim * Waringsford Population centres *Katesbridge List of civil parishes Below is a list of civil parishes in Iveagh Upper, Lower Half: * Aghaderg (one townland, rest in baronies of Iveagh Lower, Lower Half and Iveagh Upper, Upper Half) * Clonduff (also partly in barony of Iveagh Upper, Upper Half (one townland)) *Dromara (also partly in baronies of Iveagh Lower, Lower Half and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aghacullion
Aghacullion () is a rural townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It has an area of 223.77 acres (0.91 km2). It is situated in the civil parish of Kilcoo and the historic barony of Iveagh Upper, Lower Half, located miles 2 north-west of Newcastle. It lies within the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council. See also *List of townlands in County Down In Ireland, Counties are divided into Civil Parishes and Parishes are further divided into townlands. The following is a list of townlands in County Down, Northern Ireland: __NOTOC__ A Acre McCricket, Aghacullion, Aghandunvarran, Aghavilly, ... References Townlands of County Down {{County Down ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iveagh Upper, Upper Half
Iveagh Upper, 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 Upper into two. It lies to the west and south of the county, split in half by the Lordship of Newry. It is bordered by six other baronies: Mourne to the south; Iveagh Upper, Lower Half to the east; Iveagh Lower, Lower Half and Iveagh Lower, Upper Half to the north; and Orior Lower and Orior Upper to the west. List of settlements Below is a list of the villages and population centres in Iveagh Upper, Upper Half: Towns *Banbridge *Warrenpoint Villages *Loughbrickland *Poyntzpass (split with Orior Lower) *Rathfriland *Rostrevor Hamlets and population centres *Annaclone * Ballinaskeagh * Burren * Donaghmore * Drumgath * Killowen *Scarva List of civil parishes Below is a list of civil parishes in Iveagh Upper, Upper Half: * Aghaderg (also partly in barony of Iveagh Lower, Lower Half (two townlands) and Iveagh Upper, Lower Half (one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ardaghy
Ardaghy () is a rural townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It has an area of 372.6 acres (1.51 km2). It is situated in the civil parish of Kilcoo and the historic barony of Iveagh Upper, Lower Half, located 3.5 miles west of Castlewellan. See also *List of townlands in County Down In Ireland, Counties are divided into Civil Parishes and Parishes are further divided into townlands. The following is a list of townlands in County Down, Northern Ireland: __NOTOC__ A Acre McCricket, Aghacullion, Aghandunvarran, Aghavilly, ... References Townlands of County Down {{Down-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A25 Road (Northern Ireland)
The A25 is the name given to the sections of the main route connecting Strangford with Castleblayney that lie in Northern Ireland. It is a road of regional importance, serving much of south Armagh and south Down. The road commences in the village of Strangford, on the shores of Strangford Lough, from which the Portaferry – Strangford Ferry service transports vehicles to Portaferry on the Ards peninsula. The entirety of the route is 61.2 miles, of which 54.5 miles are located north of the border, forming the A25 – the remaining 6.7 miles form the R182 in the Republic of Ireland. The route has strategic importance, as it connects Downpatrick, Newcastle and Castlewellan with Newry, and thus provides a link with Dublin. Between Castlewellan and Newry, the route passes through rural villages such as Kilcoo and Rathfriland, which would be considered part of the Mourne Country, due to their proximity to the mountains of the same name. Both Castlewellan Forest Park and Tollymor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 north, the Irish Sea to the east, County Armagh to the west, and County Louth across Carlingford Lough to the southwest. In the east of the county is Strangford Lough and the Ards Peninsula. The largest settlement is Bangor, County Down, Bangor, a city on the northeast coast. Three other large towns and cities are on its border: Newry lies on the western border with County Armagh, while Lisburn and Belfast lie on the northern border with County Antrim. Down contains both the southernmost point of Northern Ireland (Cranfield Point) and the easternmost point of Ireland (Burr Point). It was one of two counties of Northern Ireland to have a Protestant majority at the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 census. The other Protestant-m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barony (Ireland)
In Ireland, a barony (, plural ) is a historical subdivision of a counties of Ireland, county, analogous to the hundred (county subdivision), hundreds into which the counties of England were divided. Baronies were created during the Tudor reconquest of Ireland, replacing the earlier cantreds formed after the original Norman invasion of Ireland, Norman invasion.Mac Cotter 2005, pp.327–330 Some early baronies were later subdivided into half baronies with the same standing as full baronies. Baronies were mainly cadastre, cadastral rather than administrative units. They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898. Subsequent adjustments of county boundaries mean that some baronies now straddle two counties. The final catalogue of baronies numbered 331, with an average area of ; each county was divided, on average, into 10 or 11 baronies. Creation The island of Ireland was "shired" i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
