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Human settlement in Northern Ireland
Islandreagh
  • Irish: An tOileán Riabhach
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CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode districtBT41
Dialling code028
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Islandreagh (from Irish An tOileán Riabhach, meaning 'the grey or streaked island') is a townland of 392 acres in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the civil parish of Grange of Nilteen and the historic barony of Antrim Upper.

History

The name of the townland was recorded variously as Islanereagh in 1669 and Island Reagh in 1780.

People

See also

References

  1. ^ "Islandreagh". Place Names NI. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  2. "Islandreagh". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  3. "Victor Alexander Cooke, Baron Cooke of Islandreagh". The Peerage. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
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