Derrykeighan

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Derrykeighan
Irish: Doire Chaocháin
County Antrim

The Old Church, Derrykeighan, in 2006
Location
Data
Postcode: BT53
Dialling code: 028
Local Government
Parliamentary
constituency:
North Antrim

Derrykeighan is a hamlet, parish and townland (of 161 acres) in County Antrim, four miles north of Ballymoney. It is situated in the barony of Dunluce Lower.[1] Its name is from the Gaelic Doire Chaocháin meaning "Caochán’s oak-wood"[2] The parish covers includes the village of Dervock.[1]

History

The site of the mediæval parish church, and also of an early church, is marked by the ruins of a later church in Derrykeighan.[2]

Townlands

The civil parish contains the following townlands:[1]

References

("Wikimedia Commons" has material
about Derrykeighan)