Derryneill Irish: Doire Néill
Derryneill Location within County Down
County	County Down
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	BT31
Dialling code	028
List of places UK Northern Ireland Down 54°17′06″N 6°02′13″W / 54.285°N 6.037°W / 54.285; -6.037

Derryneill (from Irish Doire Néill, meaning 'Niall's oak-wood')^[1] is a townland of 1,049 acres in County Down, Northern Ireland, near to Leitrim, County Down. It is situated in the civil parish of Drumgooland and the historic barony of Iveagh Upper, Lower Half.^[2] Derryneill is mainly made up of small rocky drumlins.

History

In 1609 Derryneill was part of the holding of Ballyward held by Shane McEvard.^[1]