Iveagh Upper, Lower Half

Iveagh Upper, Lower Half is the name of a barony in County Down, Northern Ireland.[2] It was created by 1851 with the division of the barony of Iveagh Upper into two.[3] It lies in the centre of the county, and is bordered by six other baronies: Iveagh Upper, Upper Half and Lordship of Newry to the west; Mourne to the south; Kinelarty and Lecale Upper to the east; and Iveagh Lower, Upper Half to the north.[2]

Iveagh Upper, Lower Half
Uíbh Eachach Uachtarach,
An Leath Íochtair[1](Irish)
Location of Iveagh Upper, Lower Half, County Down, Northern Ireland.
Location of Iveagh Upper, Lower Half, County Down, Northern Ireland.
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
CountryNorthern Ireland
CountyDown

List of settlements

Below is a list of the villages and population centres in Iveagh Upper, Lower Half:[1][4]

Towns

Villages

Population centres

List of civil parishes

Below is a list of civil parishes in Iveagh Upper, Lower Half:[1][5][4]

  • Aghaderg (one townland, rest in baronies of Iveagh Lower, Lower Half and Iveagh Upper, Upper Half)
  • Clonduff (also partly in barony of Iveagh Upper, Upper Half (one townland))
  • Dromara (also partly in baronies of Iveagh Lower, Lower Half and Kinelarty)
  • Drumballyroney
  • Drumgooland (also partly in barony of Iveagh Lower, Lower Half (one townland))
  • Garvaghy (also partly in barony of Iveagh Lower, Lower Half)
  • Kilbroney (one townland, rest in barony of Iveagh Upper, Upper Half)
  • Kilmegan (also partly in baronies of Kinelarty and Lecale Upper)
  • Maghera
  • Newry (one townland, rest in baronies of Lordship of Newry, Oneilland West and Orior Upper)

References
  1. "Uíbh Eachach Uachtarach, An Leath Íochtair/Iveagh Upper, Lower Half". logainm.ie. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  2. PRONI Baronies of Northern Ireland
  3. "Database of Irish Historical Statistics - Literacy Notes" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  4. "Iveagh Upper, Lower Half". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  5. "PRONI Civil Parishes of County Down". Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  6. Ulster Place Names Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine - Down Council Area, page 44.

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