Kilkeel

Kilkeel
Kilkeel Harbour and Mourne Mountains
Kilkeel is located in County Down
Kilkeel
Kilkeel
Location within County Down
Population6,633 (2021 census)[1]
District
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNEWRY
Postcode districtBT34
Dialling code028
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Northern Ireland
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54°03′32″N 5°59′31″W / 54.059°N 5.992°W / 54.059; -5.992

Kilkeel (from Irish Cill Chaoil, meaning 'church of the narrow')[2][3] is a small town, civil parish and townland (of 554 acres and 6521inh) in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is the southernmost town in Northern Ireland. It lies within the historic barony of Mourne.[4] Kilkeel town is the main fishing port on the Down coast,[5] and its harbour is home to the largest fishing fleet in Northern Ireland.[6] It had a population of 6,633 people at the 2021 census.[1] The town contains the ruins of a 14th-century church and fort, winding streets and terraced shops. It lies just south of the Mourne Mountains.

  1. ^ a b "Settlement 2015". NISRA. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Cill Chaoil/Kilkeel". Logainm.ie.
  3. ^ "Place Names NI – Home". www.placenamesni.org. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Kilkeel". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Minister McIlveen shares desire for confident fishing industry". Northern Ireland Executive. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2022. At Kilkeel, the largest fishing port...
  6. ^ "Kilkeel Harbour". eOceanic.com. Retrieved 23 January 2022.