Tievenadarragh

Human settlement in Northern Ireland

List of places: UK; Northern Ireland; Down

54°20′43″N 5°50′45″W / 54.3452°N 5.8458°W / 54.3452; -5.8458

Tievenadarragh (from Irish Taobh na Darach, meaning "hillside of the oak tree")^[1] is a townland of area 1,269 acres (514 ha) in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the civil parish of Loughinisland and the historic barony of Kinelarty.^[2]

Places of interest

The Loughinisland Churches are located in Tievenadarragh. They consist of the remains of three ruined churches from the 13th to the 17th centuries and a graveyard. Located on an island in Loughinisland Lake, they are accessible by a causeway.^[3] The churches have been designated state-care historic monuments at grid ref: J4234 4537.^[4]

References

^ "Tievenadarragh". Place Names NI. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
^ "Tievenadarragh". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
^ Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland (1983). Historic Monuments of Northern Ireland. Belfast: HMSO. pp. 104–105.
^ "Tievenadarragh" (PDF). State Care Historic Monuments. Retrieved 16 July 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}