The Irish Language in County Down - University of the ...

English estates in County Down included those of the Hills (Downshires), who acquired Hillsborough and much of northern Uíbh Eachach from Mac Aonghusa, and continued to encroach on Uíbh Eachach throughout the 17th century, as far south as Newry. Newry itself had been granted to the English Bagenals in the mid-16th century. ................
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