Castlereagh Upper (named after the former barony of Castlereagh) is a historic barony 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 531,665. It borders County Antrim to th ...

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label=Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. North ...

. It was created by 1841 with the division of Castlereagh into two. It is bordered by eight other baronies: Castlereagh Lower and Dufferin to the east; Lecale Lower and Kinelarty to the south; Iveagh Lower, Lower Half, Iveagh Lower, Upper Half, and

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

to the west; and

Belfast Upper Belfast Upper is a barony in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. To its east lies the barony of Belfast and Belfast Lough, and it is bordered by five other baronies: Belfast Lower to the north-east; Antrim Upper to the north-west; Massereene Lower ...

to the north.

List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in Castlereagh Upper:

Cities

*Belfast *Lisburn

Towns

*Carryduff

Villages

* Kilmore *

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Population centres

* Ballymacarrett * Newtownbreda

List of civil parishes

Below is a list of

civil parishes 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 ...

in Castlereagh Upper: *

Blaris Blaris () is a civil parish covering areas of both County Antrim and County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic baronies of Castlereagh Upper and Iveagh Lower, Upper Half in County Down and Massereene Upper in County Antrim. I ...

(also partly in baronies of Iveagh Lower, Upper Half and

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

) *

Comber Comber ( , , locally ) is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies south of Newtownards, at the northern end of Strangford Lough. It is situated in the townland of Town Parks, the civil parish of Comber and the historic barony of C ...

(also partly in barony of Castlereagh Lower) * Drumbeg (also partly in barony of

) *

Drumbo Drumbo () is a small village, townland and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is about south of Belfast city centre, east of Lisburn and west of Carryduff. It is in the historic barony of Castlereagh Upper. The townland has a ...

* Killaney * Killinchy (also partly in baronies of Castlereagh Lower and Dufferin) *

Killyleagh Killyleagh (; ) is a village and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the A22 road (Northern Ireland), A22 road between Belfast and Downpatrick, on the western side of Strangford Lough. It had a po ...

(one townland, rest in barony of Dufferin) * Kilmore (also partly in barony of Kinelarty) * Knockbreda (also partly in barony of Castlereagh Lower) * Lambeg (also partly in barony of Belfast Upper) *

References

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