Castlereagh (County Down barony)

Castlereagh
An Caisleán Riabhach (Irish)
Location of Castlereagh, County Down, in present-day Northern Ireland.
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
CountryNorthern Ireland
CountyDown

Castlereagh (from Irish An Caisleán Riabhach, meaning 'the grey castle') is the name of a former barony in County Down, present-day Northern Ireland. It spanned the north-eastern area of the county bordering the baronies of: Ards to the east; Belfast to the north; Iveagh to the west south; and Dufferin, Kinelarty, and Lecale to the south. By 1841 the barony was divided into Castlereagh Lower and Castlereagh Upper.

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