Ballygowan
Sign in to saveBallygowan () is a village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is within the Ards and North Down Borough. The town of Comber is a short distance to the north-east, the town of Saintfield to the south, and the city of Belfast further to the north-west. It is within the civil parishes of Killinchy and Comber and is split between the historic baronies of Castlereagh Lower and Castlereagh Upper. It had a population of 3,138 people in the 2021 census.
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- Locality
- Ballygowan
- Region
- Northern Ireland / Tuaisceart Éireann
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 2,832
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Ballygowan
- UK place.country
- Northern Ireland
- UK place.static_image_name
- Church Hill, Ballygowan, August 2010 (01).JPG
- UK place.population
- 3138
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 census)
- UK place.map_type
- Northern Ireland
- UK place.post_town
- NEWTOWNARDS
- UK place.postcode_area
- BT
- UK place.postcode_district
- BT23
- UK place.dial_code
- 028
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Strangford
- UK place.irish_name
- Baile Mhic Gabhann
- UK place.irish_grid_reference
- J4308063725
- UK place.unitary_northern_ireland
- Ards and North Down
- UK place.lieutenancy_northern_ireland
- County Down
- UK place.constituency_ni_assembly
- Strangford
- UK place.website
- http://www.ballygowan.info
- UK place.belfast_distance_mi
- 8.7
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 3138
- Official website
- www.ballygowan.info
- Image
- Church Hill, Ballygowan, August 2010 (01).JPG
- Dialing code
- 028
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- Commons category
- Ballygowan
- postal code
- BT23
- P8168
- water police
- native label
- Baile Mhic Gabhann
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Ballygowan () is a village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is within the Ards and North Down Borough. The town of Comber is a short distance to the north-east, the town of Saintfield to the south, and the city of Belfast further to the north-west. It is within the civil parishes of Killinchy and Comber and is split between the historic baronies of Castlereagh Lower and Castlereagh Upper. It had a population of 3,138 people in the 2021 census.
==History== Before the early 17th century Plantation of Ulster, when many Lowland Scots moved across the Irish Sea to settle in northern Ireland on lands granted by King James I to James Hamilton and Hugh Montgomery, the area of Ballygowan was sparsely inhabited by Irish Gaels. It was within the territory of Clannaboy, and in 1744 the McGowans of the Ards were associated with the Clannaboy O'Neills.
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