Killinchy (civil parish)

Killinchy
Cill Dhuinsi
civil parish
Irish transcription(s)
 • Derivation:Cill Dhuinsí
 • Meaning:Duinseach’s church
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
CountryNorthern Ireland
CountyDown
BaronyDufferin, Castlereagh Lower, Castlereagh Upper
Settlements / TownlandsKillinchy, Ballygowan, Balloo; townlands: 35

Killinchy (from Irish Cill Dhuinsí, meaning 'Duinseach’s church') is a civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is mainly situated in the historic barony of Dufferin, with two smaller portions in the baronies of Castlereagh Upper and Castlereagh Lower.

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