Kilmore, County Down - Misplaced Pages

This article is about the village and civil parish in County Down. For other uses, see Kilmore.

Human settlement in Northern Ireland

Kilmore Irish: an Chill Mhór
Christ Church, Parish of Kilmore
Location within County Down
Population	500 (2011 Census)
District	Down
County	County Down
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DOWNPATRICK
Postcode district	BT30
Dialling code	028

Police	Northern Ireland
Fire	Northern Ireland
Ambulance	Northern Ireland

UK Parliament	Strangford
NI Assembly	Strangford
List of places UK Northern Ireland Down 54°23′17″N 5°47′12″W / 54.388°N 5.7867°W / 54.388; -5.7867

Kilmore is a village, civil parish and townland of 149 acres (60 ha) in County Down, Northern Ireland, about 1 mile (1.6 km) from Crossgar. It is situated in the historic baronies of Castlereagh Upper and Kinelarty.

History

Kilmore derives its name from the Irish word 'an Chill Mhór', meaning "the big church", as it is most famous for the historic 18th century Anglican church the building for which is now located in the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum. Eighty years after the church was built in 1790, a new church was built nearby in 1870 to heal rifts within the church concerning the nature of Anglo-Catholic worship in the decades prior. It remains the place of worship for the same Church of Ireland congregation Church Parish of Kilmore to this day.

Sport

Kilmore has a Football Club called Kilmore Rec FC, which plays at Robert Adams Park, Crossgar.

Civil parish of Kilmore

The civil parish contains the villages of Crossgar and Kilmore.

Townlands

The civil parish contains the following townlands:

Ballydyan
Barnamaghery
Broaghclogh (also known as Murvaclogher)
Cahard
Carnacally
Clontaghnaglar
Creevyargon
Creevycarnonan
Crossgar
Drumaghlis
Drumgiven
Drumnaconagher
Kilmore
Lisnamore
Lissara
Listooder
Magheralone
Murvaclogher (also known as Broaghclogh)
Rademon
Raleagh
Rossconor
Teconnaught
Tullynacree

References

^ "Kilmore". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
"Placenames Database of Ireland". Logainm.ie.
Northern Ireland, National Museums. "Kilmore Parish Church". Retrieved 9 February 2014.

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