Killyleagh

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Killyleagh

Total population

2,785

Coordinates54.40°, -5.65°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Killyleagh is a village and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the A22 road between Belfast and Downpatrick, on the western side of Strangford Lough. It had a population of 2,787 people in the 2021 Census. It is best known for its twelfth-century Killyleagh Castle. Killyleagh lies within the Newry, Mourne and Down district.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Hans Sloane

Irish botanist, doctor, and collector (1660-1753)

David Healy

Northern Irish footballer & manager

E. Neville Isdell

American businessman

Thomas L. Young

Union United States Army officer (1832-1888)

Margaret Ritchie

Irish republican politician (born 1958)

Charles Johnston

Irish writer (1867–1931)

Robert Lowry

American politician (1824–1904)

Trevor Carson

Northern Irish footballer

Jim Allister

Northern Irish politician (born 1953)

Aodh Mac Cathmhaoil

Irish Franciscan Archbishop of Armagh (1571–1626)

Tim Wheeler

Northern Irish singer

A

Alan Morrison

British racing driver

Andrew Waterworth

Northern Irish footballer

B

Brian Steenson

British motorcycle racer

C

Colin Murphy

Irish comedian

Crosbie Ward

New Zealand politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Northern Ireland

• Shrigley
  1 mi away · pop. 437
• Raholp
  3.2 mi away · pop. 324
• Saul
  3.9 mi away · pop. 107
• Strangford
  4.3 mi away · pop. 561
• Ballyculter
  4.3 mi away
• Crossgar
  4.5 mi away · pop. 2,010
• Ballyalton
  5 mi away · pop. 242
• Kilmore
  5.1 mi away · pop. 273
• Killinchy
  5.2 mi away
• Ardkeen
  5.3 mi away
• Balloo
  5.4 mi away
• Whiterock
  5.7 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Killyleagh

Search results from Open Library.