Ballykinler

Ballykinlar
Commons Road
Ballykinlar is located in County Down
Ballykinlar
Ballykinlar
Location within County Down
Population348 (2001 Census)
District
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDownpatrick
Postcode districtBT30
Dialling code028
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland
Down
54°15′N 5°48′W / 54.25°N 5.8°W / 54.25; -5.8

Ballykinler (Irish: Baile Coinnleora),[1] often transcribed as Ballykinlar, is a village and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies 12 kilometres south west of Downpatrick, in the parish of Tyrella and Dundrum. In the 2001 census it had a population of 348 people. It is within the Newry, Mourne and Down area and runs parallel to the Irish Sea coast. Located within the Lecale Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the village is surrounded by low drumlins and marshes.[2] It is also the site of a former British Army base and internment camp known as Abercorn Barracks.

  1. ^ "Baile Coinnleora/Ballykinler". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland.
  2. ^ Ards Down Area Plan 2015 Down District Settlement Proposals (PDF) (Report). March 2009. p. 111. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2019.