Magheraconluce

Magheraconluce is a townland and small village in the civil parish of Annahilt, situated in the barony of Iveagh Lower, Lower Half, in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies west of the village of Annahilt and is part of the Newry, Mourne and Down district and covers approximately . It is within the Lisburn City Council area. The name derives from the Irish Machaire Cluana Lios, meaning "plain of the meadow of the ringfort".

==History== Magheraconluce is situated on low-lying ground, bordered by streams to the north and south. Historical spellings of the name, particularly among the Kilwarlin lands, often appear as two words, such as Ballimagher Clonlishe in 1585. However, forms like Maghereclonelish alias Ballemaghereclonelish recorded in 1632 indicate that the name was intended as a single compound. Although the spelling Maghereconlish appears around 1659, variants such as -clonluse persisted into the early 19th century. Linguistic analysis suggests that the letter l in the Irish word cluain (meaning "water-meadow") may have been lost through haplology. There is currently no archaeological evidence of a ringfort within the townland.