Castlereagh (County Down townland)
54°34′38″N 5°53′18″W / 54.5771795°N 5.88821°W Castlereagh (from
History
About 1350, at the site of a
Castlereagh Presbyterian Church was founded in 1650, with a building on Church Road from 1720, and the present one built in 1835.[5][6][3]
The title of Viscount Castlereagh was created in 1795 for Robert Stewart, Baron Londonderry; when he was promoted to Earl of Londonderry in 1796, "Viscount Castlereagh" was the courtesy title of his son, infamous for suppressing the Irish Rebellion of 1798.[4]
Population
Population of townlands was published at censuses from 1841 to 1926.
Year | 1841[7] | 1851[7] | 1861[7] | 1871[7] | 1881[8] | 1891[8] | 1901[8] | 1911[2] | 1926[2] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Population | 217 | 177 | 208 | 164 | 135 | 129 | 128 | 165 | 212 |
Places named after the townland
The manor of Castlereagh gave its name to the barony of Castlereagh, later split into Castlereagh Upper and Castlereagh Lower.[4]
Under the
References
- ^ a b "An Caisleán Riabhach/Castlereagh". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- ^ a b c "County of Down". Census of Northern Ireland. histpop.org. 1926. p. 10. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f "History". Castlereagh Borough Council. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Castlereagh". The Parliamentary gazetteer of Ireland. Vol. I: A-C. Dublin: A. Fullarton. 1846. p. 372.
- ^ a b "Castlereagh Presbyterian Church". Ulster Scots Trail. Ulster-Scots Agency. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
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- ^ a b c d "Area, houses, and population, Ulster". Census of Ireland. histpop.org. 1871. pp. Vol. III, p.489. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- ^ a b c "Area, houses, and population, Co. Down". Census of Ireland. histpop.org. 1901. pp. Vol. III, Part 2, p.15. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- ^ "Topographical index". Census of Northern Ireland. HISTPOP.ORG. 1926. p. 53. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- ^ "Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971". CAIN. Retrieved 17 July 2014.