Dufferin (barony)
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| Dufferin An Duifrian[1] (Irish) |
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| Location of Dufferin, County Down, Northern Ireland. Location of Dufferin, County Down, Northern Ireland. |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| County | Down |
Dufferin is a historic barony in County Down, Northern Ireland.[2] It is on the south-east shore of Strangford Lough, and is bordered by three other baronies: Castlereagh Lower to the north; Castlereagh Upper to the west; and Lecale Lower to the south.[2] Dufferin derives its name from the Irish [A]n Duibhthrian, meaning "the black third".[3])
History
Dufferin, along with the barony of Kinelarty and part of Castlereagh was at one time part of the territory of the Cenél Foghartaigh (Kinelarty), ruled by the Mac Artáin (MacCartan) sept.[4][5] The Ó Labhradha (Lowry, Lavery) sept are also noted in Dufferin.[5][6]
Baron Dufferin and Claneboye, of Ballyleidy and Killyleagh in County Down, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland, created in 1800 for Dorcas Blackwood from Killyleagh.
Settlements
Below is a list of settlements in Dufferin:[1][7]
List of civil parishes
Below is a list of civil parishes in Dufferin:[1][8][7]
- Killinchy (also partly in baronies of Castlereagh Lower and Castlereagh Upper)
- Killyleagh (also partly in barony of Castlereagh Upper)
References
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Public Records Office of Northern Ireland - Baronies of Northern Ireland
- ↑ Ulster Place Names - Down Council Area, page 36.
- ↑ Ireland's History in Maps - Ancient Uladh, Ulidia, the Kingdom of Ulster
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Bell, Robert; The book of Ulster surnames, page 60. The Black Staff Press, 2003. ISBN 0-85640-602-3
- ↑ Ireland's History in Maps - The Baronies of Ireland
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ PRONI Civil Parishes of County Down
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