Bangor (civil parish)

Bangor (from Irish Beannchar, meaning "uncertain") is a civil and ecclesiastical parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is located in the north of the Ards Peninsula, consisting of 30 townlands, twenty-two and a half of which lie in the barony of Ards Lower, with seven and a half lying within that of Castlereagh Lower. Its ancient monastery was of ecclesiastical importance.

This article is about the civil parish of Bangor, County Down. For the town of Bangor, County Down, see Bangor, County Down.

Bangor
civil parish
Irish transcription(s)
 • Derivation:Beannchar
 • Meaning:Uncertain
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
CountryNorthern Ireland
CountyDown
BaronyArds Lower, Castlereagh Lower
Townlands30
SettlementsBangor, Conlig, Groomsport, Helen's Bay

It is bordered by the civil parishes of Donaghadee to the east, Newtownards to the south, and Holywood to the west.

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