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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.
Killyleagh Castle, Killyleagh 54°24′09″N 5°39′15″W / 54.4025°N 5.654167°W / 54.4025; -5.654167 ( Killyleagh Castle, Killyleagh Country House
Killyleagh Castle: Killyleagh, Down, Northern Ireland c. 1180: Built as part of fortifications around Strangford Lough. Church of St Nicholas, Eythorne: Kent, England c. 1180 [46] A small Romanesque church, with fine 12th-century carvings reminiscent of work done at Canterbury Cathedral in the 1170s. Malmesbury Abbey: Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England
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 ...
Castleward, Tower house: Old Castle Ward, grid ref: J5740 4985 Castleward , Standing stone , possible portal tomb remains, grid ref: J5698 4994 Castleward , 18th century formal garden layout and canal: Temple Water Canal, grid ref: J5732 5002
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Hamilton was elected a member of parliament for County Down in 1613. [2] He repaired the Bangor Abbey church in 1617. [10] He was made the first Viscount Claneboye [2] on 4 May 1622, in the Peerage of Ireland. [11] He was also a privy councillor. [2] In about 1625 he moved from Bangor to Killyleagh Castle. [11]