Kilkeel
Sign in to saveKilkeel () is a small town and civil parish on the Irish Sea coast of County Down, Northern Ireland. It is the main fishing port on the Down coast, and its harbour is home to the largest fishing fleet in Northern Ireland. It had a population of 6,633 people at the 2021 census. The town contains the ruins of a 14th-century church and fort, winding streets and terraced shops. It lies just south of the Mourne Mountains, in the historic barony of Mourne, and is the southernmost town in Northern Ireland.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Kilkeel
- UK place.irish_name
- Cill Chaoil
- UK place.static_image_name
- The Square, Kilkeel - geograph.org.uk - 4934863.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The Square, Kilkeel
- UK place.map_type
- Northern Ireland
- UK place.population
- 6,633
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 census)
- UK place.unitary_northern_ireland
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- UK place.lieutenancy_northern_ireland
- County Down
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- South Down
- UK place.country
- Northern Ireland
- UK place.post_town
- NEWRY
- UK place.postcode_area
- BT
- UK place.postcode_district
- BT34
- UK place.dial_code
- 028
- UK place.constituency_ni_assembly
- South Down
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Kilkeel () is a small town and civil parish on the Irish Sea coast of County Down, Northern Ireland. It is the main fishing port on the Down coast, and its harbour is home to the largest fishing fleet in Northern Ireland. It had a population of 6,633 people at the 2021 census. The town contains the ruins of a 14th-century church and fort, winding streets and terraced shops. It lies just south of the Mourne Mountains, in the historic barony of Mourne, and is the southernmost town in Northern Ireland.
==Geography== Kilkeel town sits on a plain south of the Mourne Mountains, west of where the Kilkeel River flows south into the North Channel. The town is centred in the townland of Magheramurphy (), and extends into the neighbouring townlands of: Derryoge () Drumcro () Dunnaman Kilkeel ()