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Iveagh (/ ˈ aɪ v eɪ / EYE-vay; from Irish Uíbh Eachach, meaning 'descendants of Echu' [1]) is the name of several historical territorial divisions in what is now County Down, Northern Ireland. Originally it was a Gaelic Irish territory , ruled by the Uí Echach Cobo and part of the overkingdom of Ulaid .
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.
1994 memorial to villagers, in St McCartan's churchyard, Loughinisland, County Down Loughinisland was relatively untouched by the Troubles . However, on 18 June 1994, it was the scene of the Loughinisland massacre , when two members of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), a loyalist paramilitary group, attacked O'Toole's Pub with assault rifles ...
Territory: Barony of Loughinsholin, county Londonderry and later baronies of county Antrim Extra: Originally spelt in Irish as Ó Fhloinn, however, the 'f' is aspirated in Ulster Irish thus is silent. Despite being regarded as a senior branch of Clan Rury of Ulidia, the Book of Ballymote gives a genealogy giving them descent from Fiachu Tuirtri.
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’.
Rostrevor (Irish: Ros Treabhair) [1] is a village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies at the foot of Slieve Martin on the coast of Carlingford Lough , near Warrenpoint . The Kilbroney River flows through the village and Rostrevor Forest is nearby. 7.5 miles (12 km) south-east of Newry , the village is within the Newry, Mourne ...
The most well-known example of this kind of surname is probably Kierkegaard (combined by the words "kirke/kierke" (= church) and "gaard" (= farm) meaning "the farm located by the Church". [2] It is, however, a common misunderstanding that the name relates to its direct translation: churchyard/cemetery), but many others could be cited.
Bangor (from Irish Beannchar, meaning 'uncertain' [1]) is a civil and ecclesiastical parish in County Down, Northern Ireland.It is located in the north of the Ards Peninsula, consisting of 30 townlands, twenty-two and a half of which lie in the barony of Ards Lower, with seven and a half lying within that of Castlereagh Lower. [1]