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Islandreagh
Human settlement in Northern Ireland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Islandreagh (from Irish An tOileán Riabhach, meaning 'the grey or streaked island')[1] is a townland of 392 acres in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the civil parish of Grange of Nilteen and the historic barony of Antrim Upper.[2]
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History
The name of the townland was recorded variously as Islanereagh in 1669 and Island Reagh in 1780.[1]
People
- Alec Cooke, Baron Cooke of Islandreagh (1920-2007) was a Northern Ireland politician created a life peer as Baron Cooke of Islandreagh in the County of Antrim, on 11 August 1992. He lived at Islandreagh House in Dunadry.[3]
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