Kilclief

Kilclief is a civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic baronies of Lecale Lower and Lecale Upper. It is also a townland of 623 acres.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kilclief Castle.

Kilclief Castle

House

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Kilclief Castle is a tower-house castle beside Strangford Lough and 2.5 miles south of the village of Strangford, County Down, Northern Ireland. Kilclief is a hamlet on the Strangford to Ardglass road.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ballyhornan and Strangford.

Ballyhornan

Hamlet

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Ballyhornan is a small village and townland in eastern County Down, Northern Ireland. It is located along the Irish Sea coast, less than 10 miles from Downpatrick. Ballyhornan is situated 2½ miles south of Kilclief.

Strangford

Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Strangford is a village historically in County Down in Northern Ireland, now governed as part of Newry, Mourne and Down District. It's on the west bank of the narrow outlet of Strangford Lough, where the tides rip back and forth, hence to the Vikings it was Strangr-fjǫrðr, the strong fjord.

Portaferry

Village

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Portaferry is a village in County Down, Northern Ireland, at the southern end of the Ards Peninsula, near the Narrows at the entrance to Strangford Lough. Portaferry is situated 3 miles north of Kilclief.

Kilclief

Type: Hamlet with 204 residents
Description: human settlement in Northern Ireland
Categories: townland and locality
Location: Newry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.33529° or 54° 20′ 7″ north

Longitude

-5.545° or 5° 32′ 42″ west

Population

204

Elevation

43 feet (13 metres)

Open location code

9C6P8FP3+4X

OpenStreetMap ID

node 267762489

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

2645687

Wikidata ID

Q20712840

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Satellite Map

Discover Kilclief from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Irish to Turkish—“Kilclief” goes by many names.

Irish: “Cill Chléithe”
Japanese: “キルクリーフ”
Spanish: “Kilclief”
Turkish: “Kilclief”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Castle Flannan and Ballycottin.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kilclief Beach and Kilclief Parish Church.

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