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Islandreagh, County Antrim

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County Antrim

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

EU Parliament
  
Northern Ireland

Country
  
Northern Ireland

Postcode district
  
BT41

Dialling code
  
028

Islandreagh (from Irish: An tOileán Riabhach, meaning "the grey or streaked island") is a townland of 392 acres in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the civil parish of Grange of Nilteen and the historic barony of Antrim Upper.

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History

The name of the townland was recorded variously as Islanereagh in 1669 and Island Reagh in 1780.

People

  • Alec Cooke, Baron Cooke of Islandreagh (1920-2007) was a Northern Ireland politician created a life peer as Baron Cooke of Islandreagh in the County of Antrim, on 11 August 1992. He lived at Islandreagh House in Dunadry.

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    Islandreagh, County Antrim Wikipedia
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