Lecale Lower

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title: "Lecale Lower" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["barony-of-lecale-lower", "1851-establishments-in-ireland"] topic_path: "geography/ireland" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecale_Lower" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Lecale Lower
native_name	Leath Cathail Íochtarachl(Irish)
image_map	LowerLecale barony.png
map_caption	Location of Lecale 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
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| name = Lecale Lower | native_name = Leath Cathail Íochtarachl(Irish) | settlement_type = | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_map = LowerLecale barony.png | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Lecale 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 = |}} Lecale Lower (named after the former barony of Lecale) is a barony in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies to the east of the county with Strangford Lough to its north and the Irish Sea to its right. It is bordered by five other baronies: Lecale Upper to the south; Ards Upper to the north-east just across the mouth of Strangford Lough; Dufferin to the north; Castlereagh Upper to the north-west; and Kinelarty to the west.

In medieval times the Ó Coltair (Coulter) sept is noted in the Lecale Lower area, of which the townland of Ballyculter gets its name.

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

List of settlements

Below is a list of the villages and population centres in Lecale Lower:

Villages

• Ardglass
• Strangford

Hamlets

• Annacloy
• Ballyhornan
• Coney Island
• Saul

List of civil parishes

Below is a list of civil parishes in Lecale Lower:

• Ardglass
• Ballee (also partly in barony of Lecale Upper (one townland))
• Ballyculter
• Dunsfort
• Inch
• Kilclief (also partly in barony of Lecale Upper)
• Rathmullan (one townland, rest in barony of Lecale Upper)
• Saul

References

References

1. "Lecale 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.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/ihm/baronies.htm Ireland's History in Maps - The Baronies of Ireland]
6. Bell, Robert; The book of Ulster surnames, page 78-79. The Black Staff Press, 2003. {{ISBN. 0-85640-602-3
7. [https://www.logainm.ie/65433.aspx Logainm - Lecale Lower]

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