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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.
Named for the city of Derry, from the Irish Doire, meaning oak grove; and London from the Plantation of Ulster by the livery companies of the City of London. County Down: Irish: County of Downpatrick: Patrick's hillfort (formerly Dún Lethglaise or Fort by the stream) County Fermanagh: Irish: Irish Fir Manach, "Men of Manach" (a tribal name).
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.
Uí Díchon, meaning "descendants of Díchu mac Trichim".Originating in Sabhal (Saul, County Down), the Uí Díchon were descended from Díchu mac Trichim, St. Patrick's first convert, and at some point in the 7th and 8th centuries, acquired the church of Druim Lethglaise near Dún De Lethglaise.
Map of Gaelic Ireland showing its territory of the Ulaidh or Ulidia (kingdom) circa 900 A.D.. Downey is an Irish surname that means in English “belonging to a fort”. The name is found from ancient times in areas of Ireland's modern County Galway, southwest Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Ulster and Leinster and is believed to be the surname of three distinct families. [1]
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).
Dufferin (from Irish [A]n Duibhthrian, meaning 'the black third' [2]) is a historic barony in County Down, Northern Ireland. [3] It is on the southern half of the west shore of Strangford Lough, and is bordered by three other baronies: Castlereagh Lower to the north; Castlereagh Upper to the west; and Lecale Lower to the south.
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.