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{{Infobox town
|county 1=Down
|county 2=Antrim
|irish=  Bláras
|picture=  Blaris Old Burial Ground - geograph.org.uk - 189631.jpg
|picture caption= Blaris old burial ground in 2006
|townland=yes
}}
'''Blaris''' is a parish covering areas of both [[County Antrim]] and [[County Down]]. It is situated in the baronies of [[Castlereagh Upper]] and [[Iveagh Lower, Upper Half]] in County Down and [[Massereene Upper]] in County Antrim. It is also a townland of 543 acres,<ref name=Ire>{{cite web|title=Blaris|url=http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/|website=IreAtlas Townlands Database|accessdate=16 May 2015}}</ref> which contains the site of the Blaris mediæval parish church, and is on the south-east side of the [[River Lagan]], adjacent to [[Lisburn]].<ref name=Pla/> Its name is from the Irish ''Bláras'' meaning a field.<ref name=Pla>{{cite web|title=Blaris|url=http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=18395|website=Place Names NI|accessdate=18 May 2015}}</ref>

==History==
In the 1306 Papal Taxation the church is recorded as ''Ecclesia de Blaris''. In 1605 the townland of Blaris is recorded as ''Ballytempleblarisse'', ({{Irish derived place name|Baile Teampall Blárais|the townland of the church of Blaris}}). In the mid-19th century the antiquarian William Reeves noted that very little of the church was intact, although the graveyard remained.<ref name=Pla/>

Blaris old burial ground is in the townland of Blaris and is reputed to have had a church in mediæval times. The oldest gravestone dates from 1626. Some of those who took part in the Irish Rebellion of 1798 were executed outside the graveyard and are buried in an unmarked plot.<ref>{{cite web|title=Blaris old graveyard|url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rosdavies/PHOTOSwords/BlarisAll.htm|website=Ros Davies, County Down, NI Family History Research Site|accessdate=18 May 2015}}</ref> 
 
==Settlements==
The parish contains the following settlements:<ref name=Ire/>
*[[Lisburn]]
*[[Lurganure]]
*[[Maze]]
*[[Ravernet]]

==Townlands==
The parish contains the following townlands:<ref name=Ire/>
{{townlandliststart}}
*[[Aghnatrisk]]
*[[Annacloy]]
*[[Ballintine]]
*[[Ballykeel Edenagonnell]]
*[[Ballymullan]]
*Blaris
*[[Broughmore]]
*[[Carnbane]]
*[[Carnreagh]]
*[[Culcavy]]
*[[Drumatihugh]]
*[[Duneight]]
*[[Gortnacor]]
*[[Knockmore, County Antrim|Knockmore]]
*[[Largymore]]
*[[Lisnagarvy]]
*[[Lisnatrunk]]
*[[Lisnoe]]
*[[Lissue]] (also known as [[Teraghafeeva]])
*[[Lurganure]]
*[[Magherageery]]
*[[Maze]]
*[[Old Warren]]
*[[Ravernet]]
*[[Taghnabrick]]
*[[Teraghafeeva]] (also known as [[Lissue]])
*[[Tonagh]]
{{townlandlistend}}

==References==
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