Castlereagh Lower Explained

Castlereagh Lower
Native Name:	An Caisleán Riabhach Íochtarach (Irish)
Subdivision Type:	Sovereign state
Subdivision Name:	United Kingdom
Subdivision Type1:	Country
Subdivision Name1:	Northern Ireland
Subdivision Type2:	County
Subdivision Name2:	Down

Castlereagh Lower (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. The barony roughly matches the former Gaelic territory of Uí Blathmaic, anglicized Blathewic.^[1] It is bordered by three other baronies: Ards Lower to the east; Dufferin to the south; and Castlereagh Upper to the west and south-west. Castlereagh Lower is also bounded by Belfast Lough to the north and Strangford Lough to the south-east.

List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in Castlereagh Lower:

Towns

• Bangor (also partly in barony of Ards Lower)
• Comber
• Holywood
• Newtownards (also partly in barony of Ards Lower)

Villages

• Ardmillan
• Ballygowan
• Crawfordsburn

Population centres

• Dundonald

List of civil parishes

Below is a list of civil parishes in Castlereagh Lower:

• Bangor (also partly in barony of Ards Lower)
• Comber (also partly in barony of Castlereagh Upper)
• Dundonald
• Holywood
• Killinchy (also partly in baronies of Castlereagh Upper and Dufferin)
• Kilmood
• Knockbreda (also partly in barony of Castlereagh Upper)
• Newtownards (also partly in barony of Ards Lower)
• Tullynakill

Notes and References

1. O'Laverty, James (1878). "The Territory of the Ards". An Historical Account of the Diocese of Down and Conor, Ancient and Modern. p.64. Quote: "Their territory extended from the vicinity of Bangor to that of Carrickmannon, and included the modern civil parishes of Holywood, Dundonald, Comber, Killinchy, Kilmood, Tullynakill, with parts of Bangor, Newtownards, and Knock-breda."