Kilclief

Kilclief

Kilclief

Human settlement in Northern Ireland

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]

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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

  1. [1]
    "Kilclief placename". PlacenamesNI.org. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Kilclief". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  3. [3]
    Colmer, Albert (2009). "Map Innovatin at KIlclief". Lecale Review. 7.
  4. [4]
    "Civil Parish of Kilclief, Co. Down". townlands.ie. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  5. [5]
    "Sub-units of: Cill Chléithe/Kilclief". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  6. [6]
    "Acre McCricket". Place Names NI. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  7. [7]
    "Acre McCricket". townlands.ie. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
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