Kilclief
Human settlement in Northern Ireland
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Location within County Down
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Kilclief (from the Irish Cill Cléithe meaning 'church of wattle')[1] is a civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic baronies of Lecale Lower and Lecale Upper. It is also a townland of 623 acres.[2]
The site of Kilclief parish church dates from the early Christian period and was granted by Bishop Malachy 3rd to the Abbey of Saint Patrick of Down in 1183.[3]
Townlands
Kilclief civil parish contains a number townlands, including:[4][5]
- Acre McCricket (Acra Mhic Riocaird;[6] the smallest townland in County Down at 4.9 acres (2 ha))[7]
- Ballywoodan
- Cloghy
- Glebe
- Isle McCricket
- Kilclief (Cill Chléithe)[5]
- Killard Lower
- Killard Upper
- Ross
- Tullyfoyle Lower
- Tullyfoyle Upper
See also
References
- ^ "Kilclief placename". PlacenamesNI.org. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "Kilclief". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
- ^ Colmer, Albert (2009). "Map Innovatin at KIlclief". Lecale Review. 7.
- ^ "Civil Parish of Kilclief, Co. Down". townlands.ie. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Sub-units of: Cill Chléithe/Kilclief". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ "Acre McCricket". Place Names NI. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ "Acre McCricket". townlands.ie. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
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Places in County Down
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and townlands
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