Blaris () is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of Parish (administrative division), administrative parish used for Local government in England, local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below district ...

covering areas of both

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and

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 th ...

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. It is situated in the historic

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of Castlereagh Upper and Iveagh Lower, Upper Half in County Down and

Massereene Upper Massereene Upper is a barony in southwest County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It roughly matches the former district of Killultagh ().

in County Antrim. It is also a townland of 543 acres, which contains the site of the Blaris medieval parish church, and is on the south-east side of the

River Lagan The River Lagan (; Ulster Scots: ''Lagan Wattèr'') is a major river in Northern Ireland which runs 53.5 miles (86 km) from the Slieve Croob mountain in County Down to Belfast where it enters Belfast Lough, an inlet of the Irish Sea. The ...

, adjacent to

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History

In the 1306 Papal Taxation the church is recorded as ''Ecclesia de Blaris''. In 1605 the townland of Blaris is recorded as ''Ballytempleblarisse'', (). In the mid-19th century the antiquarian William Reeves noted that very little of the church was intact, although the graveyard remained. Blaris old burial ground is in the townland of Blaris and is reputed to have had a church in mediaeval times. The oldest gravestone dates from 1626. Some of those who took part in the

Irish Rebellion of 1798 The Irish Rebellion of 1798 ( ga, Éirí Amach 1798; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ''The Hurries'') was a major uprising against British rule in Ireland. The main organising force was the Society of United Irishmen, a Irish republicanism, ...

were executed outside the graveyard and are buried in an unmarked plot.

Settlements

The civil parish contains the following settlements: *

* Lurganure * Maze * Ravernet

Townlands

The civil parish contains the following townlands: * Aghnatrisk * Annacloy * Ballintine *

Ballykeel Edenagonnell Ballykeel (from Irish language, Irish An Baile Caol, meaning "the narrow townland/farmstead") is a townland, containing a large housing estate off the Crebilly Road in South-East Ballymena, County Antrim, in Northern Ireland. History The Ballyke ...

* Ballymullan *Blaris * Broughmore * Carnbane * Carnreagh * Culcavy * Drumatihugh * Duneight * Gortnacor * Knockmore * Largymore * Lisnagarvy * Lisnatrunk * Lisnoe * Lissue (also known as Teraghafeeva) * Lurganure * Magherageery * Maze *

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* Ravernet * Taghnabrick * Teraghafeeva (also known as Lissue) * Tonagh

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History

Settlements

Townlands

See also

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