Kilclief

Human settlement in Northern Ireland

Location within County Down

County Down

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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 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

References

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