Ards Lower

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title: "Ards Lower" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["barony-of-ards-lower", "clandeboye"] topic_path: "general/barony-of-ards-lower" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ards_Lower" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Ards Lower
native_name	An Aird Íochtarach (Irish)
image_map	ArdsLower_barony.png
map_caption	Location of Ards Lower, County Down, Northern Ireland.
subdivision_type	Sovereign state
subdivision_name	United Kingdom
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	Northern Ireland
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Down
coordinates
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| name = Ards Lower | native_name = An Aird Íochtarach (Irish) | settlement_type = | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_map = ArdsLower_barony.png | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Ards Lower, County Down, Northern Ireland. | subdivision_type = Sovereign state | subdivision_name = United Kingdom | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Northern Ireland | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Down | area_magnitude = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_km2 = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | coordinates = Ards Lower (named after the former barony of Ards), alternatively known as North Ards, is a barony in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies on the northern half of the Ards Peninsula in the north-east of the county, with the Irish Sea to its east and Strangford Lough to its south-west. It is bordered by two other baronies: Ards Upper to the south; and Castlereagh Lower to the west.

The barony of Ards Lower was created in 1851 when the barony of Ards was split into two, the other part being Ards Upper.

List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in Ards Lower:

Towns

• Bangor (also partly in barony of Castlereagh Lower)
• Donaghadee
• Newtownards (also partly in barony of Castlereagh Lower)

Villages

• Carrowdore
• Conlig
• Greyabbey
• Groomsport
• Millisle

Population centres

• Clandeboye (split with the barony of Castlereagh Lower)
• Kilcooley

List of civil parishes

Below is a list of civil parishes in Ards Lower:

• Bangor (also partly in barony of Castlereagh Lower)
• Donaghadee
• Greyabbey
• Newtownards (also partly in barony of Castlereagh Lower)

References

References

1. "Ards Lower".
2. [http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/local_history/geographical_index/baronies_.htm PRONI Baronies of Northern Ireland]
3. [http://applications.proni.gov.uk/geogindx/down.htm PRONI Civil Parishes of County Down]
4. [http://www.esds.ac.uk/doc/3582%5Cmrdoc%5Cpdf%5Cfields.pdf Database of Irish Historical Statistics - Literacy Notes]
5. [http://www.logainm.ie/Viewer.aspx?text=Ards+Lower Logainm - Ards Lower]

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