Derriaghy

Townland and Civil Parish in Northern Ireland

Human settlement in Northern Ireland

Irish: Doire Achaidh

Christ Church (COI), Derriaghy, in 2005

District

Lisburn and Castlereagh

County

County Antrim

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Derriaghy, (/ˌdɛrɪˈæxi/;^[1] also known as Derryaghy), (from Irish Doire Achaidh, meaning 'oak-wood of the field'), is a townland (of 538 acres) and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, 5.5 miles (9 km) south-west of Belfast city centre.^[2] The townland is situated in the historic barony of Belfast Upper and the civil parish covers areas of both Belfast Upper and the barony of Massereene Upper.^[3]

History

The listed Church of Ireland building Christ Church in Derriaghy occupies the site of an early church.^[2] The earliest documentary reference to a church in Derriaghy is in a letter from Pope Innocent III in 1204. The Taxation of Down, Connor and Dromore of 1306-07 also mentions a church in Derriaghy. The records of an Inquisition in Antrim in 1605 indicate that the parish church of Dirreraghie was in some disrepair.^[4]

Churches

Christ Church, Church of Ireland listed building
Derriaghy Gospel Hall
St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church

Transport

Derriaghy railway station was opened in 1907 and is between Dunmurry and Lambeg stations on the main Belfast-Dublin railway line.

Sport

Derriaghy Cricket Club, founded in 1920 and plays in the NCU Senior League
Derriaghy Cricket Club F.C., football club founded in 1982 that plays in the Northern Amateur Football League
Éire Óg Derriaghy GAC, GAA club founded in 1932 that draws its membership from Derriaghy, Finaghy and Dunmurry

People

Henrietta Gayer (1700s – 25 March 1814), early Methodist leader who had John Wesley and other preachers stay at her house^[5]
Cosslett Ó Cuinn (1907 – 1995), Church of Ireland minister and poet, theologian, critic and biblical scholar who translated the New Testament into Irish, born in Derriaghy
Philip Skelton (1707 – 1787), Protestant clergyman and writer, born in Derriaghy

Civil parish of Derriaghy

Townlands

The civil parish contains the following townlands:^[3]

Aghalislone
Aghnahough
Ballycollin
Ballymacoss
Ballymacward Lower
Ballymacward Upper
Bovolcan
Clogher (Derriaghy)
Derryaghy
Drumankelly
Islandkelly
Killeaton
Kilmakee
Lagmore
Magheralave (Belfast Upper)
Magheralave (Massereene Upper)
Mullaghglass
Poleglass
Slievenacloy (Belfast Upper)
Slievenacloy (Massereene Upper)
Slievenagravery
Tornagrough
Tornaroy
White Mountain

References

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^ Pointon, Graham E. (1990). BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 73. ISBN 0-19-282745-6. ,derɪ'æxɪ
^ ^a ^b "Derryaghy". Place Names NI. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Derryaghy". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
^ "Christ Church Derriaghy. A Short History of the Parish". LIsburn.com. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
^ "Gayer [née Jones], Henrietta (d. 1814), Methodist leader". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/59931. Retrieved 7 February 2023.