Human settlement in Northern Ireland
Islandreagh
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Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Postcode district | BT41 |
Dialling code | 028 |
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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
- Alec Cooke, Baron Cooke of Islandreagh (1920-2007) was a Northern Ireland politician created a life peer as Baron Cooke of Islandreagh in the County of Antrim, on 11 August 1992. He lived at Islandreagh House in Dunadry.
See also
References
- ^ "Islandreagh". Place Names NI. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- "Islandreagh". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- "Victor Alexander Cooke, Baron Cooke of Islandreagh". The Peerage. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
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