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The Lords of Kinelarty were Gaelic gentry located in County Down, in Ireland, lasting until the Tudor conquest of Ireland.There does not appear to be any single list of the chieftains who held demesne over the region, as they are mentioned randomly in the ancient Irish annals.
Once a very powerful family in what is now County Down in the 11th and 12th centuries. Not to be confused with the different Airgíallan, Fermanagh or Connacht septs anglicised as Mahon/MacMahon. [27] [28] Cenél Maelche, alias Muilche and Monach. Either a sept of the Dál nAraidi or Dál Fiatach in either County Antrim or Down.
The Down County Board administers Gaelic games in the county. Down is the most successful team north of the border in terms of All-Ireland Senior Football Championships won with five (1960, 1961, 1968, 1991 and 1994) in total. In terms of Ulster, they share that accolade with Cavan who also have 5 titles.
Magherascouse is the anglicised form of a much older Irish name, Machaire Scamha.The first element of the place name means ‘plain’. The most plausible explanation for the final element is likely a form of the word scamh, which is related to the word scamhach, scafach which is defined by Niall Ó Dónaill's Irish-English dictionary Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, as ‘bare patch of rock’.
McCartan is an Irish surname. It is the Anglicized form of Mac Artáin, denoting the son of Artán (diminutive of the personal name Art, an old Irish word for "bear"). They were the Lords of Kinelarty, a barony in the County Down which derives its name from Cenel Faghartaigh (the race/clan of Faghartagh).
The following is a list of civil parishes in County Down, Northern Ireland: [1] [2 A. Aghaderg ...
Pages in category "People from County Down" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aitíth mac Laigni;
County Down is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland. County Down is bordered by County Antrim to the north, the Irish Sea to the east, County Armagh to the west and County Louth in the Republic of Ireland across Carlingford Lough to the southwest. This list shows towns and cities in bold.