Castlereagh Lower (named after the former barony of Castlereagh) is a historic barony in County Down, Northern Ireland. It was created by 1841 with the division of Castlereagh into two. The barony roughly matches the former Gaelic territory of Uí Blathmaic, anglicized Blathewic.O'Laverty, James (1878). "The Territory of the Ards". An Historical Account of the Diocese of Down and Conor, Ancient and Modern. p.64. Quote: "Their territory extended from the vicinity of Bangor to that of Carrickmannon, and included the modern civil parishes of Holywood, Dundonald, Comber, Killinchy, Kilmood, Tullynakill, with parts of Bangor, Newtownards, and Knock-breda." It is bordered by three other baronies: Ards Lower to the east; Dufferin to the south; and Castlereagh Upper to the west and south-west. Castlereagh Lower is also bounded by Belfast Lough to the north and Strangford Lough to the south-east.
List of settlements Below is a list of settlements in Castlereagh Lower:
Towns Bangor (also partly in barony of Ards Lower) Comber Holywood Newtownards (also partly in barony of Ards Lower)
Villages Ardmillan Ballygowan Crawfordsburn
Population centres Dundonald
List of civil parishes Below is a list of civil parishes in Castlereagh Lower: Bangor (also partly in barony of Ards Lower) Comber (also partly in barony of Castlereagh Upper) Dundonald Holywood Killinchy (also partly in baronies of Castlereagh Upper and Dufferin) Kilmood Knockbreda (also partly in barony of Castlereagh Upper) Newtownards (also partly in barony of Ards Lower) Tullynakill
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