Derriaghy Explained

Official Name:Derriaghy
Irish Name:Doire Achaidh
Static Image:Christ Church, Derriaghy (C of I) - geograph.org.uk - 58794.jpg
Static Image Caption:Christ Church (COI), Derriaghy, in 2005
Unitary Northern Ireland:Lisburn and Castlereagh
Country:Northern Ireland
Post Town:Belfast
Postcode Area:BT
Postcode District:BT17
Dial Code:028
Lieutenancy Northern Ireland:County Antrim

Derriaghy, (;[1] also known as Derryaghy),, is a townland (of 538 acres) and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, 5.5miles south-west of Belfast city centre.[2] The townland is situated in the historic barony of Belfast Upper and the civil parish covers areas of both Belfast Upper and the barony of Massereene Upper.[3]

History

The listed Church of Ireland building Christ Church in Derriaghy occupies the site of an early church.[2] The earliest documentary reference to a church in Derriaghy is in a letter from Pope Innocent III in 1204. The Taxation of Down, Connor and Dromore of 1306-07 also mentions a church in Derriaghy. The records of an Inquisition in Antrim in 1605 indicate that the parish church of Dirreraghie was in some disrepair.[4]

Churches

Transport

Derriaghy railway station was opened in 1907 and is between Dunmurry and Lambeg stations on the main Belfast-Dublin railway line.

Sport

People

Civil parish of Derriaghy

Townlands

The civil parish contains the following townlands:[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Pointon, Graham E. . 1990 . BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names . Oxford University Press . Oxford . 0-19-282745-6 . 2nd . 73 . registration .,derɪ'æxɪ.
  2. Web site: Derryaghy. Place Names NI. 21 April 2015.
  3. Web site: Derryaghy. IreAtlas Townlands Database. 21 April 2015.
  4. Web site: Christ Church Derriaghy. A Short History of the Parish. LIsburn.com. 21 April 2015.
  5. Web site: Gayer [née Jones], Henrietta (d. 1814), Methodist leader ]. 2023-02-07 . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 10.1093/ref:odnb/59931.