Ards Lower

Ards Lower
An Aird Íochtarach[1] (Irish)
Location of Ards Lower, County Down, Northern Ireland.
Location of Ards Lower, County Down, Northern Ireland.
Coordinates: 54°35′54.89″N 5°36′17.10″W / 54.5985806°N 5.6047500°W / 54.5985806; -5.6047500
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
CountryNorthern Ireland
CountyDown

Ards Lower (named after the former barony of Ards), alternatively known as North Ards, is a barony in County Down, Northern Ireland.[2] It lies on the northern half of the Ards Peninsula in the north-east of the county, with the Irish Sea to its east and Strangford Lough to its south-west. It is bordered by two other baronies: Ards Upper to the south; and Castlereagh Lower to the west.[2]

The barony of Ards Lower was created in 1851 when the barony of Ards was split into two, the other part being Ards Upper.[3]

List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in Ards Lower:[1][4]

Towns

Villages

Population centres

  • Clandeboye (split with the barony of Castlereagh Lower)
  • Kilcooley

List of civil parishes

Below is a list of civil parishes in Ards Lower:[1][5][4]

References

  1. ^ a b c Logainm - Ards Lower
  2. ^ a b PRONI Baronies of Northern Ireland
  3. ^ Database of Irish Historical Statistics - Literacy Notes
  4. ^ a b "Ards Lower". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  5. ^ PRONI Civil Parishes of County Down