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Magherascouse is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.5093°, -5.7653°.

Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland

Magherascouse

Magherascouse in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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Magherascouse is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Magherascouse ( MACK-rə-SKOOSE, from Irish: Machaire Scamha, meaning "Plain of the bare patch of rocks") is a rural townland near Ballygowan in County Down, Northern Ireland. It has an area of 1286.45 acres (5.206 km2). It is situated in the civil parish of Comber, the Poor Law Union of Newtownards and the historic barony of Castlereagh Lower, 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the town of Comber. It lies within the electoral division of Ballygowan which is part of the Ards and North Down Borough Council.

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History

Before the early 17th century Plantation of Ulster, when many Lowland Scots moved across the Irish Sea to settle in north-east Ireland on lands granted by King James VI to James Hamilton and Hugh Montgomery, the area of Magherascouse was sparsely inhabited by Irish Gaels. The townland was within the territory of Clandeboye and was inhabited by the tribe of Henry Caoch O'Neill the Blind, a member of the Clannaboy O'Neill family who was blinded in 1426 by the sons of Brian Ballagh O'Neill, his brother. In the Irish Rebellion of 1798 a man of the name, Nevin Kerns from Magherascouse participated in the Battle of Saintfield. In 1837 the proprietor was Lord Dufferin whose agent was Mr Reid of…

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