Toome Upper

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Toome Upper

Toome Upper is a barony in County Antrim.[1] To its south lies Lough Neagh, and it is bordered by five other baronies: Toome Lower to the north; Antrim Lower to the north-east; Antrim Upper to the east; Massereene Lower to the south-east; and Loughinsholin (Co. Londonderry) to the west.[1] Toome Upper also formed part of the mediæval territories known as The Route and Clandeboye.

List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in Toome Upper:[2]

Towns

  • Ahoghill (also part of baronies of Toome Lower and Antrim Lower)
  • Antrim (also part of barony of Toome Lower)
  • Milltown
  • Randalstown

Population centres

  • Crosskeys
  • Toome
  • Newferry
  • Whiteside's Corner

List of parishes

Below is a list of parishes in Toome Upper:[3][4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 PRONI Baronies of Northern Ireland
  2. "Toome Upper". Placenames Database of Ireland. Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. http://www.logainm.ie/61259.aspx. Retrieved 5 June 2011. 
  3. PRONI Civil Parishes of County Antrim
  4. Baronies and parishes of County Antrim