Dunluce Lower Explained

Dunluce Lower
Native Name:	Dún Libhse Íochtarach (Irish)
Subdivision Type:	Sovereign state
Subdivision Name:	United Kingdom
Subdivision Type1:	Country
Subdivision Name1:	Northern Ireland
Subdivision Type2:	County
Subdivision Name2:	Antrim

Dunluce Lower is a barony in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. To its north runs the north-Antrim coast, and it is bordered by three other baronies: Dunluce Upper to the south, Cary to the east, and the North East Liberties of Coleraine to the west. The River Bush flows through this barony. Dunluce Lower also formed the northern part of the medieval territory known as the Route.^[1]

History

See main article: Route, County Antrim.

List of main settlements

Below is a list of settlements in Dunluce Lower:

Towns

• Portrush

Villages

• Bushmills
• Dervock
• Portballintrae

Population centres

• Priestland

List of civil parishes

Below is a list of civil parishes in Dunluce Lower:

• Ballyrashane (also partly in barony of North-East Liberties of Coleraine)
• Ballywillan (split with barony of North-East Liberties of Coleraine)
• Billy (split with barony of Cary)
• Derrykeighan
• Dunluce

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ulster journal of archaeology. Ulster Archaeological Society. Belfast [Ulster Archaeological Society]. 17 April 2018. Internet Archive.