Ards Lower
Ards Lower
An Aird Íochtarach (Irish) | |
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Location of Ards Lower, County Down, Northern Ireland. | |
| Coordinates: 54°35′54.89″N 5°36′17.10″W / 54.5985806°N 5.6047500°W | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| County | Down |
Ards Lower (named after the former barony of Ards), alternatively known as North Ards, is a barony in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies on the northern half of the Ards Peninsula in the north-east of the county, with the Irish Sea to its east and Strangford Lough to its south-west. It is bordered by two other baronies: Ards Upper to the south; and Castlereagh Lower to the west.
The barony of Ards Lower was created in 1851 when the barony of Ards was split into two, the other part being Ards Upper.