Balloo
Balloo is a small village and townland near Killinchy in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is 5 miles south of Comber on the A22 road between Belfast and Downpatrick.- Type: Village with 189 residents
- Description: townland in Down, Northern Ireland
- Also known as: “Balloo, County Down”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nendrum Monastery.
Nendrum Monastery
Ruins
Photo: Jordanmcclements, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nendrum Monastery was a Christian monastery on Mahee Island in Strangford Lough, County Down, Northern Ireland. Medieval records say it was founded in the 5th century, but this is uncertain. Nendrum Monastery is situated 2½ miles northeast of Balloo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Killinchy and Whiterock.
Killinchy
Village
Photo: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Killinchy is a townland and small village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is two miles inland from the western shores of Strangford Lough in the Borough of Ards and North Down.
Whiterock
Village
Whiterock is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is within the townland of Killinakin, in the civil parish of Killinchy and historic barony of Dufferin, on the western shore of Strangford Lough, near to the village of Killinchy. Whiterock is situated 2 miles east of Balloo.
Shrigley
Hamlet
Shrigley is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland about a mile north-west of Killyleagh. It is named after Pott Shrigley in Cheshire. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 456. It lies within the Down District Council area. Shrigley is situated 4½ miles south of Balloo.
Balloo
- Categories: townland and locality
- Location: Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.47387° or 54° 28′ 26″ northLongitude
-5.69057° or 5° 41′ 26″ westPopulation
189Open location code
9C6PF8F5+GQOpenStreetMap ID
node 4035861995OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q60761
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