Castlereagh (County Down barony)

Castlereagh
An Caisleán Riabhach[1](Irish)
Location of the former barony of Castlereagh, County Down, in present-day Northern Ireland.
Location of Castlereagh, County Down, in present-day Northern Ireland.
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Country Northern Ireland
County Down

Castlereagh (from Irish: An Caisleán Riabhach, meaning "the grey castle"[1]) is the name of a former barony in County Down, present-day Northern Ireland.[2] It spanned the north-eastern area of the county bordering the baronies of: Ards to the east; Belfast to the north; Iveagh to the west south; and Dufferin, Kinelarty, and Lecale to the south. By 1841 the barony was divided into Castlereagh Lower and Castlereagh Upper.[3]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "An Caisleán Riabhach/Castlereagh". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 PRONI Baronies of Northern Ireland
  3. 1 2 3 4 Database of Irish Historical Statistics - Literacy Notes

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