Killaney (civil parish)
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Killaney ({{Irish derived place name|Cill Eanaigh|church of the marsh}}){{cite web|title=Killaney|url=http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=17615|website=Place Names NI|accessdate=17 May 2015}} is a civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Castlereagh Upper. It is also a townland of 298 acres.{{cite web|title=Killaney|url=http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/|website=IreAtlas Townlands Database|accessdate=17 May 2015}} Killaney lies east of Lough Henney, next to an area of bog to the south-west of Saintfield (civil parish).
History
The first mention of the Parish of Killaney was in an 1194 charter granted by John de Courcy. A church and graveyard were built near Bow Lough. In the Irish Rebellion of 1641 the church was badly damaged and never rebuilt, although the graveyard remained (at grid ref: J357580). From then until the mid-19th century, appointments were still made to the parish, despite the lack of a church. In 1865 land was donated by the Marquess of Downshire for a church which was completed in 1867 and named for St. John the Evangelist. In the early 20th century the church became St. Andrews, the Church of Ireland parish church for Killaney (at grid ref: J359594).{{cite web|title=St Andrews Church, Killaney|url=http://lisburn.com/churches/Lisburn-churches/st-andrews-killaney.html|website=Lisburn.com|accessdate=17 May 2015}} The church bell was a gift from St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.{{cite web|title=Killaney Parish Church|url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rosdavies/PHOTOSwords/KillaneyAll.htm|website=Ros Davies County Down, NI Family History Research Site|accessdate=17 May 2015}} It is situated in the townland of Carrickmaddyroe.{{cite web|title=Killaney|url=http://www.historyfromheadstones.com/index.php?displaygraveyardinfo&graveyard_name=Killaney|website=History from Headstones|accessdate=17 May 2015}}
There is a Presbyterian church also in the townland Carrickmaddyroe at grid ref: J355595.
Townlands
The civil parish contains the following townlands:
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- Carrickmaddyroe
- Carricknaveagh
- Killaney
- Lisbane
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