Ardquin 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 ...

and

townland A townland (; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a traditional small land division used in Ireland and in the Western Isles of Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of medieval Gaelic origin, predating the Norman invasion, and mo ...

(of 190 acres) in

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 ...

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. It is situated 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 ...

of Ards Upper. It lies within the Ards and North Down Borough Council.

Townlands

Ardquin civil parish contains the following

s: *Ardquin *Ballyhenry (): has an area of 214.5 acres (0.868 km²), and is located 1.3 miles north-west of

Portaferry Portaferry () is a small town in County Down, Northern Ireland, at the southern end of the Ards Peninsula, near the Narrows at the entrance to Strangford Lough. It is home to the Exploris aquarium and is well known for the annual Gala Week Fl ...

(). *Ballyhenry Island *Ballyherly *Ballyminnish *Ballymurphy *Ballyridley *Ballywaddan *Ballywallon *Ballywallon Island *Ballywhite *Demesne *Marlfield *Priest Town *Thomastown

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Townlands

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