Lecale

Lecale
Leath Cathail(Irish)
Location of the former barony of Lecale, County Down, in present-day Northern Ireland. It was based on the Irish district of Leath Cathail
Location of the former barony of Lecale, County Down, in present-day Northern Ireland. It was based on the Irish district of Leath Cathail
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
CountryNorthern Ireland
CountyDown

Lecale (leh-KAHL, from Irish Leath Cathail 'Cathal's half')[1] is a peninsula in the east of County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies between Strangford Lough and Dundrum Bay. In the Middle Ages it was a district or túath in the Gaelic Irish kingdom of Ulaid, then became a county in the Anglo-Norman Earldom of Ulster. Later it became a barony, which was split into Lecale Lower and Lecale Upper by 1851.[2] Its largest settlement is the town of Downpatrick. Other settlements include Ardglass, Killough and Strangford. The peninsula has a high concentration of tower houses. Much of it is part of the 'Strangford and Lecale' Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

  1. ^ Lecale Lower. Place Names NI. Retrieved: 2023-09-18.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference ESDS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).