Massereene Upper

Barony in Northern Ireland

Place in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Massereene Upper Mása Ríona Uachtarach^[1] (Irish)
Location of Massereene Upper, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	Northern Ireland
County	Antrim

Massereene Upper is a barony in southwest County Antrim, Northern Ireland.^[2] It roughly matches the former district of Killultagh (Irish: Coill Ultaigh, meaning 'the woods of the Ulsterfolk').^[3] It includes settlements such as Crumlin, Glenavy, Lower Ballinderry, Maghaberry and Aghalee. To its east lies Belfast Lough, and it is bordered by four other baronies: Massereene Lower to the north; Belfast Upper to the east; Castlereagh Upper to the south-east; and Iveagh Lower, Lower Half to the south-west.^[2]

List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in Massereene Upper:^[1]

Towns

Villages

Population centres

Lower Ballinderry
Upper Ballinderry
Gawley's Gate
Lane Ends
Leathemstown
Pond Park
Stoneyford

List of civil parishes

Below is a list of civil parishes in Massereene Upper:^[4]^[5]

Aghagallon
Aghalee
Ballinderry
Blaris (split with barony of Iveagh Lower, Lower Half)
Camlin
Derriaghy (also partly in barony of Belfast Upper)
Glenavy
Lambeg (split with barony of Castlereagh Upper)
Magheragall
Magheramesk
Tullyrusk

References

^ ^a ^b "Massereene Upper". Placenames Database of Ireland. Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
^ ^a ^b PRONI Baronies of Northern Ireland
^ Killultagh. Place Names NI.
^ "PRONI Civil Parishes of County Antrim". Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
^ "Baronies and parishes of County Antrim". Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2011.