The Road to Bangor

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A talking guide to Townlands along the A2 and the railway from Belfast to Bangor. For the definitive mapping of the townlands consult https://www.logainm.ie/ For more about a particular townland look up Karolyn Cooper's https://townlandsofulster.com/

Seamus P Treanor

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Ballymacarret

Ballymacarrett with one or two two tee’s comes from the Irish Baile Mhic Gearóid meaning MacGearóid'…

Strandtown

So where is the strand? There’s no beach here, just a muddy river called the Connswater. But in the…

Ballymisert

Ballymisert lies north-east of Strandtown, across the Bangor road from the Sydenham intake, which co…

Ballymaghan

aka Glenmachan. lies south of Knocknagoney, one of the five church lands supporting the church of Ho…

Knocknagoney

The hill of the rabbits

Holywood

Holywood Motte is an Anglo-Norman castle mound, which probably had a ditch round its base and a timb…

Ballykeel

Ballykeel meaning ‘the narrow townland’ (An Baile Caol) is a recurring townland name. This one is lo…

Ballymenagh

Ballymenagh was church land, one of the five townlands once belonging to Holywood Abbey, It might me…

Cultra

Originally Ballycutra meaning "townland of the back of the strand". The Ulster Folk and Transport Mu…

Craigavad

It means either "rock of the boat" or "rock of the dog’. The latter refering to barking seals. The e…

Ballygrainey

"townland of the sun" or maybe Grainne's townland. It was recorded in 1645 as church land attached t…

Ballyrobert

The name clearly means Robert's townland but the owner of the anglo-norman name hasn't been identife…

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