Whiterock is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.4810°, -5.6500°.

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Whiterock

Whiterock in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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Whiterock 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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Whiterock is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is within the townland of Killinakin, in the civil parish of Killinchy and historic barony of Dufferin, on the western shore of Strangford Lough, near to the village of Killinchy. It is in the Ards and North Down Borough. It had a population of 355 people (141 households) in the 2011 Census. (2001 Census: 351 people) Whiterock is home to two yacht clubs: Strangford Lough Yacht Club and 1.5 km to the north, Down Cruising Club. The latter is based in a moored former lightship, the Petrel, acquired in 1968. The lightship had been built by the Dublin Dockyard Company in 1915 for the Commissioners of Irish Lights and since registered as a National Historic Ship UK. Between the two yacht clubs is Sketrick Castle, a 15th-century tower house on Sketrick Island, now in ruins. To the south of Whiterock is Ballymorran Bay.

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Background

History

The origin of the name "Whiterock" is uncertain, but it may come from a white aplite seam found in the local granite. Rev. John Livingstone, chaplain to the Countess of Wigtown, was invited to Killinchy by Sir James Hamilton in 1630 and led a congregation at the earlier church on the site of the current parish church. In 1636, he attempted to sail to America on the Eagle Wing but returned and later moved to Stranraer, where his Killinchy congregation visited him from Donaghadee. Michael Bruce, a later minister, was arrested in Scotland for preaching illegally and chose exile in Killinchy, effectively returning home. The church cemetery contains the graves of Bruce's children and 1798…

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