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Kilkeel
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 Kilkeel Harbour | |
  Kilkeel Location within County Down | |
| Population | 6,633 (2021 census)[1] |
| District | |
| County | |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NEWRY |
| Postcode district | BT34 |
| Dialling code | 028 |
| Police | Northern Ireland |
| Fire | Northern Ireland |
| Ambulance | Northern Ireland |
| UK Parliament | |
| NI Assembly | |
Kilkeel (from Irish Cill Chaoil, meaning 'church of the narrow')[2][3] is a small town and civil parish on the Irish Sea coast of County Down, Northern Ireland. It is the main fishing port on the Down coast,[4] and its harbour is home to the largest fishing fleet in Northern Ireland.[5] It had a population of 6,633 people at the 2021 census.[1] The town contains the ruins of a 14th-century church and fort, winding streets and terraced shops. It lies just south of the Mourne Mountains, in the historic barony of Mourne,[6] and is the southernmost town in Northern Ireland.
- ^ a b "Settlement 2015". NISRA. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Cill Chaoil/Kilkeel". Placenames Database of Ireland.
- ^ "Kilkeel, County Down". Place Names NI.
- ^ "Minister McIlveen shares desire for confident fishing industry". Northern Ireland Executive. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
At Kilkeel, the largest fishing port...
- ^ "Kilkeel Harbour". eOceanic.com. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ "Kilkeel". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 15 April 2015.