Ballykinler
Sign in to saveBallykinler (), often transcribed as Ballykinlar, is a village and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies 12 kilometres south west of Downpatrick, in the parish of Tyrella and Dundrum. In the 2001 census it had a population of 348 people. It is within the Newry, Mourne and Down area and runs parallel to the Irish Sea coast. Located within the Lecale Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the village is surrounded by low drumlins and marshes. It is also the site of a former British Army base and internment camp known as Abercorn Barracks.
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- Ballykinler
- Region
- Northern Ireland / Tuaisceart Éireann
- Country
- United Kingdom
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- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- County Down
- Population
- 348
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Dialing code
- 028
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- postal code
- BT33
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- Ballykinler
- historic county
- County Down
- native label
- Baile Coinnleora
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Ballykinler (), often transcribed as Ballykinlar, is a village and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies 12 kilometres south west of Downpatrick, in the parish of Tyrella and Dundrum. In the 2001 census it had a population of 348 people. It is within the Newry, Mourne and Down area and runs parallel to the Irish Sea coast. Located within the Lecale Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the village is surrounded by low drumlins and marshes. It is also the site of a former British Army base and internment camp known as Abercorn Barracks.
==Etymology== At the time of the conquest of Ulster by John de Courcy around 1177, Ballykinlar was called Lesscummalscig. The tithes from the area went to Christ Church, Dublin to pay for wax candles hence it became .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ballykinler” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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