Castlereagh
An Caisleán Riabhach (Irish)
Location of the former barony of Castlereagh, County Down, in present-day Northern Ireland.
Location of Castlereagh, County Down, in present-day Northern Ireland.
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
CountryNorthern Ireland
CountyDown

Castlereagh (from Irish An Caisleán Riabhach, meaning 'the grey castle')[1] is the name of a former barony in County Down, present-day Northern Ireland.[2] It spanned the north-eastern area of the county bordering the baronies of: Ards to the east; Belfast to the north; Iveagh to the west south; and Dufferin, Kinelarty, and Lecale to the south. By 1841 the barony was divided into Castlereagh Lower and Castlereagh Upper.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "An Caisleán Riabhach/Castlereagh". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b PRONI Baronies of Northern Ireland
  3. ^ a b "Database of Irish Historical Statistics - Literacy Notes" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2015.


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