Magheradrool is a

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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 mainly in the historic

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Kinelarty Kinelarty () is a former Irish district and barony in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies east of the centre of the county, and is bordered by five other baronies: Iveagh Upper, Lower Half to the west; Lecale Upper to the south and south-eas ...

, with one

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in the barony of

Iveagh Lower, Lower Half Iveagh Lower, Lower Half is the name of a barony in County Down, Northern Ireland. It was created by 1851 with the division of the barony of Iveagh Lower into two. It is bordered by six other baronies: Massereene Upper to the north; Castlereagh ...

. It is also a

of 503 acres.

Settlements

The civil parish contains the following settlements: * Ballynahinch *

Drumaness Drumaness (formerly Drumanessy; ) is a village and townland (of 761 acres) in the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council area of County Down, Northern Ireland. It is 3 miles or 5 kilometres south of Ballynahinch, beside the main A24 Belfast to ...

Townlands

Magheradrool civil parish contains the following townlands: * Ballycreen * Ballykine Lower * Ballykine Upper * Ballylone Big * Ballylone Little * Ballymacarn North * Ballymacarn South * Ballymaglave North * Ballymaglave South * Ballynahinch * Creevytenant * Cumber *

* Drumsnade * Glasdrumman *Magheradrool * Magheraknock * Magheratimpany

References

{{reflist Townlands of County Down

Settlements

Townlands

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