Kilclief
Kilclief is located in County Down
Kilclief
Location within County Down
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
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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 the following townlands:[2]

  • Acre McCricket
  • Carrowdressex
  • Cloghy
  • Commonreagh
  • Glebe
  • Isle McCricket
  • Kilclief
  • Ringreagh
  • Ross
  • Rossglass
  • Tullyfoyle Lower
  • Tullyfoyle Upper

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Kilclief placename". PlacenamesNI.org. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Kilclief". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Colmer, Albert (2009). "Map Innovatin at KIlclief". Lecale Review. 7.
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