Orior Lower
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Orior Lower is a barony in County Armagh.[1] It lies in the east of the county and borders County Down with its eastern boundary. It is bordered by seven other baronies: Fews Upper to the south-west; Fews Lower to the west; Oneilland West to the north-west; Oneilland East to the north; Iveagh Lower, Lower Half (Co. Down) to the north-east; Iveagh Upper, Upper Half (Co. Down) to the east; and Orior Upper to the south. A small enclave of Orior Lower resides in the east of Orior Upper.[1] The name is from the Irish Airthir, the name of an ancient Gaelic territory.[2][3]
List of main settlements
Below is a list of settlements within Orior Lower:[4]
Towns
Villages and population centres
- Eleven Lane Ends
- Forkhill
- Jerrettspass
- Laurelvale
- Loughgilly (also part in the baronies of Fews Lower and Orior Upper)
List of parishes
Below is a list of parishes in Orior Lower:[5][6]
- Ballymore
- Forkill
- Killevy (split with barony of Orior Upper)
- Kilmore (split with barony of Oneilland West, not be confused with separate civil parish of Kilmore in County Down)
- Loughgilly (split with baronies of Fews Upper and Orior Upper)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 PRONI Baronies of Northern Ireland
- ↑ Ireland's History in Maps - The Baronies of Ireland
- ↑ Baronies of Armagh
- ↑ "Orior Lower". Placenames Database of Ireland. Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. http://www.logainm.ie/295.aspx. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
- ↑ PRONI Civil Parishes of County Armagh
- ↑ Baronies and civil parishes of County Armagh
