Belfast Upper

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Belfast Upper Béal Feirste Uachtarach^[1] (Irish)
Location of Belfast Upper, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	Northern Ireland
County	Antrim

Belfast Upper is a barony in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.^[2] To its east lies the barony of Belfast and Belfast Lough, and it is bordered by five other baronies: Belfast Lower to the north-east; Antrim Upper to the north-west; Massereene Lower to the west; Massereene Upper to the south-west; and Castlereagh Upper to the south.^[2] The Forth River flows through both Belfast Upper and Lower.^[3] The most prominent hills in the barony are Black Hill and Lyle's Hill.^[1]

List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in Belfast Upper:^[1]

Cities

Belfast (split with barony of Belfast Lower)

Towns and villages

Population centres

Andersonstown
Ballysillan
Carr's Glen
Cavehill
Deerpark
Falls
Finaghy
Fortwilliam
Glenard
Jennymount
Parkmount
Riverdale
Seymour Hill
Shankill
Suffolk
Whiterock
Woodvale

List of civil parishes

Below is a list of civil parishes in Belfast Upper:^[4]^[5]

Ballymartin (split with barony of Belfast Lower)
Derryaghy (split with barony of Massereene Upper)
Drumbeg
Lambeg (split with barony of Massereene Upper)
Shankill (split with barony of Belfast Lower)
Templepatrick (split with barony of Belfast Lower)

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Belfast Upper". Placenames Database of Ireland. Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
↑ 2.0 2.1 PRONI Baronies of Northern Ireland
↑ "Forth River". Placenames Database of Ireland. Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
↑ PRONI Civil Parishes of County Antrim
↑ Baronies and parishes of County Antrim

v t e Places in County Antrim

List of places in County Antrim

Cities	Belfast (part) Lisburn (part)

Towns	Antrim Ballycastle Ballyclare Ballymena Ballymoney Carrickfergus Larne Newtownabbey Portrush Randalstown

Villages	Aghagallon Aghalee Ahoghill Aldergrove Armoy Aughafatten Ballinderry Upper Ballinderry Lower Ballintoy Ballybogy Ballycarry Ballyeaston Ballygally Ballylinny Ballynure Ballyrobert Ballystrudder Ballyvoy Balnamore Bendooragh Broughshane Buckna Bushmills Capecastle Cargan Carnalbanagh Carncastle Carnlough Clogh Cloghmills Cogry-Kilbride Craigarogan Crumlin Cullybackey Cushendall Cushendun Dervock Derrymore Doagh Donegore Drains Bay Dunadry Dundrod Dunloy Gawley's Gate Glenarm Glenavy Glenoe Glynn Gracehill Grange Corner Greenisland Groggan Kells-Connor Kellswater Keshbridge Killead Knocknacarry Longkesh Loughguile Lurganure Lurganville Maghaberry Magheramorne Martinstown Mill Bay Millbank Milltown Moneyglass Monkstown Moss-Side Mounthill Mullaghboy Newtown Crommelin Parkgate Portballintrae Portbraddon Portglenone Rasharkin Roughfort Stoneyford Straid Stranocum Templepatrick Toome Tullynacross Waterfoot Whitehead

Townlands	Ballycraigy Barmeen Bonnybefore Broomhedge Broomhedge Lower Carnmoney Dunamuggy Dunmurry Dunseverick Galgorm Parks Glengormley Jordanstown Kilroot Lambeg Lisnagarvy Loughlynch Monkstown Rathcoole Solar Tobergill White Abbey

Landforms	Belfast Lough Benbane Head Black Mountain Cavehill Divis Fair Head Giant's Causeway Glens of Antrim Glenariff Forest Park Islandmagee Lagan Valley Larne Lough Lough Beg Portmore Lough Rathlin Island Scawt Hill Slemish Slieve True Slieveanorra forest Tievebulliagh Waterloo Bay

Baronies	Antrim Lower Antrim Upper Belfast Lower Belfast Upper Carrickfergus Cary Dunluce Lower Dunluce Upper Glenarm Lower Glenarm Upper Kilconway Massereene Lower Massereene Upper Toome Lower Toome Upper

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