Castlereagh Lower

Castlereagh Lower
An Caisleán Riabhach Íochtarach[1] (Irish)
Location of Castlereagh Lower, County Down, Northern Ireland.
Location of Castlereagh Lower, County Down, Northern Ireland.
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
CountryNorthern Ireland
CountyDown

Castlereagh Lower (named after the former barony of Castlereagh) is a historic barony in County Down, Northern Ireland.[2] It was created by 1841 with the division of Castlereagh into two.[3] The barony roughly matches the former Gaelic territory of Uí Blathmaic, anglicized Blathewic.[4] It is bordered by three other baronies: Ards Lower to the east; Dufferin to the south; and Castlereagh Upper to the west and south-west.[2] Castlereagh Lower is also bounded by Belfast Lough to the north and Strangford Lough to the south-east.

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  4. ^ O'Laverty, James (1878). "The Territory of the Ards". An Historical Account of the Diocese of Down and Conor, Ancient and Modern. p.64. Quote: "Their territory extended from the vicinity of Bangor to that of Carrickmannon, and included the modern civil parishes of Holywood, Dundonald, Comber, Killinchy, Kilmood, Tullynakill, with parts of Bangor, Newtownards, and Knock-breda."