Killyleagh
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Killyleagh ( Irish : Cill Ó Laoch ; old spelling Killileagh ) is a large village in historic County Down , Northern Ireland , with 2,483 inhabitants (as of 2001). It is on Strangford Lough and is part of the District of Newry, Morne and Down .
Attractions
- Killyleagh Castle , a castle built on Norman ruins, eleven kilometers northeast of Downpatrick
Personalities
- Birthplace of Sir Neil O'Neill , an Irish chieftain during the Jacobite Rebellion
- Birthplace of Hans Sloane , an Irish scientist and medical doctor whose extensive collection formed the basis for the establishment of the British Museum .
- Place of death of Edward Hincks , an Assyriologist and one of the earliest decipherers of the cuneiform script .
- The place of residence and death of the politician and revolutionary Archibald Hamilton Rowan .
Web links
Commons : Killyleagh - collection of images, videos and audio files
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- Killileagh . In: Heinrich August Pierer , Julius Löbe (Hrsg.): Universal Lexicon of the Present and the Past . 4th edition. tape 9 . Altenburg 1860, p. 482 ( zeno.org ).
- Killyleagh information
- Area Profile of Killyleagh
Coordinates: 54 ° 24 ′ N , 5 ° 39 ′ W