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Killyleagh Castle is a castle in the village of Killyleagh, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is believed to be one of the oldest inhabited castles in the country, with parts dating back to 1180. It follows the architectural style of a Loire Valley château, being redesigned by the architect Sir Charles Lanyon in the mid-19th century. It has ...
Killyleagh Castle. Killyleagh (/ k ɪ l i ˈ l eɪ /; from Irish Cill Ó Laoch, meaning 'church of the descendants of Laoch') [1] [2] is a village and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the A22 road between Belfast and Downpatrick, on the western side of Strangford Lough. It had a population of 2,787 people in the 2021 Census.
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A c.1580 map of County Down showed Renaghaddye, with 2 castles and a church, on a peninsula or island. The ruined church is on a drumlin north of the castle, which was built in the 15th century. The manor and castle of Ringhaddy and Killyleagh belonged to the Whites of Dufferin in 1605, [1] the castle having been remodeled by Sir Ralph Lane in ...
Listing began later in Northern Ireland than in the rest of the UK: the first provision for listing was contained in the Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1972; [3] and the current legislative basis for listing is the Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1991. [2]
Possibly one of the oldest continuously inhabited castles in Ireland, Killyleagh Castle was first constructed by Norman knight John de Courcy in 1180, [219] one of many such fortifications to protect the Strangford Lough against Viking incursion. [220]
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As of April 2010, the Second Survey had been completed for 147 of Northern Ireland's 547 council wards, and completion is anticipated by 2016. [5] Information gathered during this survey, relating to both listed and unlisted buildings, is entered into the publicly accessible Northern Ireland Buildings Database. [ 5 ]