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In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Killaney like this:
KILLANEY, or KILLENEY, a parish, in the barony of UPPER CASTLEREAGH, county of DOWN, and province of ULSTER, 4 miles (W. by S.) from Saintfield, on the road from that place to Ballinahinch; containing 1298 inhabitants. According to the Ordnance survey, it comprises 2859 statute acres, of which 68 ¼ are water: the land is good, and under an excellent system of cultivation, producing abundant crops. ...
The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Down, and in the patronage of the Marquess of Downshire, in whom the rectory is impropriate: the tithes amount to £85. There is neither church, glebe-house, nor glebe. The church was greatly injured in 1641, and is now in ruins, but divine service is regularly performed in the parochial school-house. There is a Presbyterian meeting-house. The parochial school is supported by the Marquess of Down-shire and the vicar. The school-house was built by subscription; about 30 children are educated in it and 100 in a private school; and there is a Sunday school.
Killaney is now part of LISBURN AND CASTLEREAGH District. Click here for graphs and data of how LISBURN AND CASTLEREAGH has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Killaney itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Killaney, in Lisburn and Castlereagh and County Down | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/28926
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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