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Kilkeel is a small town and civil parish on the coast of , 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.
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  • Type: Town with 6,330 residents
  • Description: town in County Down, Northern Ireland
  • Also known as: “Kilkeel, County Down”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kilkeel High School and Mourne Independent Christian School.

School
is a controlled secondary school located in Kilkeel, , Northern Ireland. It is within the Southern Education and Library Board area.

School
Kilkeel is a small town and civil parish on the coast of , 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.

Building
Photo: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
sits on the northern side of the harbour at Kilkeel, a town approximately 18 miles south-east of , home to the largest fishing fleet in Northern Ireland, located on the south-east coast of , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dunnaval and Atticall.

Hamlet
is a small and townland near Kilkeel in , . It is situated in the civil parish of Kilkeel and the historic barony of Mourne. is situated 1½ miles southwest of Kilkeel.

Hamlet
Photo: HENRY CLARK, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Attical or is a small and townland in the of , . It is situated in the civil parish of Kilkeel and the historic barony of Mourne. is situated 3½ miles northwest of Kilkeel.

Locality
Photo: James Edgar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a castle in , . While it dates mainly from the 13th century, it had substantial 15th- and 16th-century alterations. is situated 4½ miles west of Kilkeel.

Kilkeel

Latitude
54.06267° or 54° 3′ 46″ north
Longitude
-6.006° or 6° 0′ 22″ west
Population
6,330
Elevation
52 feet (16 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB KLK
Open location code
9C6M3X7V+3J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 267762451
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2645660
Wiki­data ID
Q84109
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Swedish—“Kilkeel” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Kilkeel”
  • Basque: “Kilkeel”
  • Bulgarian: “Килкийл”
  • Catalan: “Kilkeel”
  • Cebuano: “Kilkeel”
  • Chinese: “基爾基爾”
  • Chinese: “奇基爾”
  • Dutch: “Kilkeel”
  • German: “Kilkeel”
  • Irish: “Cill Chaoil”
  • Italian: “Kilkeel”
  • Japanese: “キルキール”
  • Malay: “Kilkeel”
  • Persian: “کیلکی”
  • Polish: “Kilkeel”
  • Portuguese: “Kilkeel”
  • Russian: “Килкил”
  • Slovenian: “Kilkeel”
  • Spanish: “Kilkeel”
  • Swedish: “Kilkeel”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lower Square and Christ Church Kilkeel.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kilkeel”. Photo: David Crozier, CC BY-SA 2.0.