Dunnaval

Dunnaval

Dunnaval

Village in County Down, Northern Ireland

Dunnaval (from Irish Dún Abhaill, meaning 'stronghold of the apple-tree')[1] is a small village and townland (of 273 acres)[2] near Kilkeel in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the civil parish of Kilkeel and the historic barony of Mourne.[2] In the 2001 Census it had a population of 147 people. It lies within the Newry and Mourne District Council area.

Greencastle Road, Dunnaval
Sand quarry at Dunnaval

References

  1. [1]
    Placenames NI Archived 2012-03-31 at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    "Dunnaval". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 15 April 2015.

See also

54°02′42″N 6°01′58″W


Stub icon

This article related to the geography of County Down, Northern Ireland is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Dunnaval, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.