Blackskull

Blackskull

Blackskull

Human settlement in Northern Ireland

Blackskull is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies near Donaghcloney and Dromore. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 168 people. It is within the Craigavon Borough Council area.

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The village is named after an old inn called the Black Skull, which had a picture of a black man's head on its sign. A grisly local tale tells how a black man was beheaded and his skull mounted above the door of the Inn.[1] Formerly, the area was known as Ballygunaghan (from Irish Baile Uí Dhuinneagáin 'O'Donegan's settlement'),[2][3] after the townland in which it lies.

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  1. [1]
    Placenames NI: Blackskull
  2. [2]
    Placenames NI: Ballygunaghan
  3. [3]
    Placenames Database of Ireland
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