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Greyabbey
Sign in to saveGreyabbey or Grey Abbey (Irish: Mainistir Liath, meaning 'grey monastery') is a small village, townland (of 208 acres) and civil parish located on the eastern shores of Strangford Lough, on the Ards Peninsula in County Down, Northern Ireland.
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- Locality
- Greyabbey
- Region
- Northern Ireland / Tuaisceart Éireann
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,030
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.scots_name
- Greba
- UK place.official_name
- Greyabbey
- UK place.irish_name
- Mainistir Liath
- UK place.static_image_name
- Grey Abbey (314914).jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The abbey after which the village was named
- UK place.map_type
- Northern Ireland
- UK place.population
- 939
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.unitary_northern_ireland
- Ards and North Down Borough
- UK place.lieutenancy_northern_ireland
- County Down
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Strangford
- UK place.constituency_ni_assembly
- Strangford
- UK place.country
- Northern Ireland
- UK place.post_town
- Newtownards
- UK place.postcode_area
- BT22
- UK place.dial_code
- 028
- UK place.hide_services
- yes
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- County Down
- Population
- 939
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Grey Abbey (314914).jpg
- Dialing code
- 028
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- Commons category
- Greyabbey
- historic county
- County Down
- P8168
- Funeral in Berlin
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Churches
- Loyal Orange Lodge
- Bands
- Notable natives
- Sport
- Environment
- Civil parish of Greyabbey
- Townlands
- Islands
- See also
- References
Greyabbey or Grey Abbey (Irish: Mainistir Liath, meaning 'grey monastery') is a small village, townland (of 208 acres) and civil parish located on the eastern shores of Strangford Lough, on the Ards Peninsula in County Down, Northern Ireland.
It lies south of Newtownards. Both townland and civil parish are situated in the historic barony of Ards Lower. It is within the Ards and North Down Borough. It had a population of 939 people in the 2011 Census.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Greyabbey” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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