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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 station in the summer. Moira railway station serves Moira in County Down, Northern Ireland. Despite the station serving the County Down town, the station itself is located in County Antrim, the neighbouring Lagan Canal being the boundary. Moira station is the oldest building on the NI Railways network today having been opened on 18 ...
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 .
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:
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 ]
In Northern Ireland, the term listed building refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of "special architectural or historic interest". [1] Grade B+ structures are those considered to be "buildings which might have merited grade A status but for detracting features such as an incomplete design, lower quality ...
The rail alternative from Moira to Belfast (Lanyon Place) on NI Railways. The A26 branches off from the A3 again on entering Lurgan, and follows a south-eastern route to Banbridge. The route passes through the villages of Waringstown before meeting the A50 from Gilford and Portadown at a roundabout.
The English administration in Ireland in the years following the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland created counties as the major subdivisions of an Irish province. [6] This process lasted from the 13th to 17th centuries; however, the number and shape of the counties that would form the future Northern Ireland would not be defined until the Flight of the Earls allowed the shiring of Ulster from ...