Ards Upper (named after the former barony of 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 the ...

, 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 bordered by two other baronies: Ards Lower to the north; and

Lecale Lower Lecale Lower (named after the former barony of Lecale) is a Barony (Ireland), barony in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies to the east of the county with Strangford Lough to its north and the Irish Sea to its right. It is bordered by five othe ...

just across the mouth of Strangford Lough to the south. The barony of Ards Upper was created in 1851 when the barony of Ards was split into two, the other part being Ards Lower. The territory includes the lands of that part of the ancient barony of Ards known as Mid or Middle Ards, which is located in the north of Ards Upper.

List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in Ards Upper:

Towns

* Portaferry

Villages

* Ballyhalbert *

Ballywalter Ballywalter ( and ''Walter'') is a village or townland (of 437 acres) and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the east (Irish Sea) coast of the Ards Peninsula between Donaghadee and Ballyhalbert. Ballywalter was formerly know ...

* Cloghy * Kircubbin * Portavogie

List of civil parishes

Below is a list of civil parishes in Ards Upper: * Ardkeen * Ardquin * Ballyphilip * Ballytrustan *

* Castleboy * Inishargy * Slanes *

St. Andrews (alias Ballyhalbert) St. Andrews (alias Ballyhalbert) is a civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Ards Upper. Settlements The civil parish contains the following village: * Ballyhalbert * Portavogie Townlands The ci ...

* Witter

References

{{coord missing, County Down 1851 establishments in Ireland