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Moira (from Irish Maigh Rath, meaning 'plain of the streams or wheels') [1] is a village and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is in the northwest of the county, near the border with counties Antrim and Armagh. The M1 motorway and Belfast–Dublin railway line are nearby. The population was 4,591 at the 2011 Census. [2]
Moira is a civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is mainly situated in the historic baronies of Iveagh Lower, Upper Half , with one townland in the barony of Iveagh Upper, Upper Half .
For a list sorted by population, see the list of settlements in Northern Ireland by population. The towns of Armagh, Lisburn and Newry are also classed as cities (see city status in the United Kingdom). The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) uses the following definitions: Town – population of 4,500 or more
In Ireland, Counties are divided into Civil Parishes and Parishes are further divided into townlands. The following is a list of townlands in County Down , Northern Ireland : [ 1 ] Contents:
The first name listed is the commonest English name, and links to the relevant article. Alternative names are listed in parentheses. If the official name used in census reports is not the linked name, it is in italics. Only the name of the municipality is given, not that of any suburban areas (e.g. Tallaght is not named separately from Dublin). [2]
Belfast City [c] Belfast: County Antrim County Down: 291,386 126,925 78.57 3,708.53 'Band A - Belfast' Derry Urban Area [d] Derry and Strabane: County Londonderry: 94,376: 2: Derry City: Derry and Strabane: County Londonderry: 84,884 35,554 33.95 2,500.49 'Band B - Derry City' 3: Craigavon Urban Area including Aghacommon [e] Armagh, Banbridge ...
This is a link page for cities, towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland, including townships or urban centres in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway, Waterford and other major urban areas. Cities are shown in bold; see City status in Ireland for an independent list.
County Down (Irish: Contae an Dúin) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It covers an area of 961 sq mi (2,490 km 2 ) and has a population of 552,261. [ 6 ]