Ballynafoy_(Annaclone)

Ballynafoy (Annaclone)

Ballynafoy (Annaclone)

Human settlement in Northern Ireland

This article is about the townland in County Down. For other uses, see Ballynafoy.

Ballynafoy (Annaclone) (from Irish Baile na Faiche, meaning 'townland of the green') is a townland of 901 acres in County Down, Northern Ireland.[1] It is situated in the civil parish of Annaclone and the historic barony of Iveagh Upper, Upper Half.[2]

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Ballynafoy Hill (612 ft) is the highest point in the parish. Near the summit is a standing stone and there is a rath nearby on the south-eastern slope of the hill and another lower down.[1]

There is a townland of the same name in the civil parish of Knockbreda in the historic barony of Castlereagh Upper.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Ballynafoy". Place Names NI. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  2. [2]
    "Ballynafoy". Ire Atlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
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