Killaney ()
is a
civil parish
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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 ...
,
Northern Ireland
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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
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of
Castlereagh Upper
Castlereagh Upper (named after the former barony of Castlereagh) is a historic barony in County Down, Northern Ireland. It was created by 1841 with the division of Castlereagh into two. It is bordered by eight other baronies: Castlereagh Lower an ...
. It is also a townland of 298 acres.
Killaney lies east of
Lough Henney, next to an area of bog to the south-west of
Saintfield (civil parish).
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]
History
The first mention of the Parish of Killaney was in an 1194 charter granted by John de Courcy
Sir John de Courcy (c. 1150–1219) was an Anglo-Norman knight who lived in Ireland from 1176 until his expulsion in 1204. He conquered a considerable territory, endowed religious establishments, built abbeys for both the Benedictines and the ...
. A church and graveyard were built near Bow Lough. In the Irish Rebellion of 1641
The Irish Rebellion of 1641 was an uprising in Kingdom of Ireland, Ireland, initiated on 23 October 1641 by Catholic gentry and military officers. Their demands included an end to anti-Catholic discrimination, greater Irish self-governance, and ...
the church was badly damaged and never rebuilt, although the graveyard remained (at grid ref: J357580). From then until the mid-19th century, appointments were still made to the parish, despite the lack of a church. In 1865 land was donated by the Marquess of Downshire
Marquess of Downshire is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1789 for Wills Hill, 1st Earl of Hillsborough, a former Secretary of State.
Hill had already been created Earl of Hillsborough and Viscount Kilwarlin of County Down ...
for a church which was completed in 1867 and named for St. John the Evangelist. In the early 20th century the church became St. Andrews, the Church of Ireland
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parish church for Killaney (at grid ref: J359594). The church bell was a gift from St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
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.Presbyterian
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church also in the townland Carrickmaddyroe at grid ref: J355595.[
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Townlands
The civil parish contains the following townlands:[
* Carrickmaddyroe
* Carricknaveagh
*Killaney
* Lisbane
]
See also
* List of civil parishes of County Down
References
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