Killyleagh Irish:Cill Ó Laoch
Killyleagh Harbour and St. John's Church
Killyleagh Location withinCounty Down
District	Newry, Mourne and Down
County	County Down
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DOWNPATRICK
Postcode district	BT30
Police	Northern Ireland
Fire	Northern Ireland
Ambulance	Northern Ireland
UK Parliament	Strangford
NI Assembly	Strangford
List of places UK Northern Ireland Down 54°24′N5°39′W / 54.40°N 5.65°W /54.40; -5.65

Killyleagh (/kɪliˈleɪ/; fromIrishCill Ó Laoch, meaning 'church of the descendants of Laoch')^[1][2] is a village andcivil parish inCounty Down,Northern Ireland. It is on theA22 road betweenBelfast andDownpatrick, on the western side ofStrangford Lough. It had a population of 2,787 people in the2021 Census. It is best known for its twelfth-centuryKillyleagh Castle. Killyleagh lies within theNewry, Mourne and Down district.

According to the 2021 Census there were 2,787 people living in Killyleagh. 51% were from aProtestant and'other Christian religions' background, 37% were from aCatholic background and 12% wereirreligious.^[3]

• Killyleagh Castle is a private family residence that is said to be the oldest inhabited castle inIreland. It has been the home of the Hamilton family since the 17th centuryPlantation of Ulster and acquired its fairy-tale silhouette in the 1850s when the turrets were added, but it is mostly the same castle that the second Earl of Clanbrassil rebuilt in 1666. The castle hosts occasional concerts. In the past, performers have includedVan Morrison,Arlo Guthrie,Jackson Browne,Glen Hansard andBap Kennedy.
• Delamont Country Park is just outside Killyleagh on the road to Downpatrick.

• It was the birthplace ofSir Hans Sloane, 1stBt. He began collecting plants andbirds' eggs on the shores ofStrangford Lough and his accumulation grew into a priceless collection that formed the nucleus of theBritish Museum. He was also personal physician toKing George II and a slave owner.
• ReverendEdward Hincks, a renownedAssyriologist andEgyptologist, was appointedChurch of Ireland rector of Killyleagh in 1825, an office he was to hold for the remaining forty-one years of his life.
• Henry Cooke was the minister of 1stPresbyterian Church, who went on to become Moderator of theGeneral Assembly and a leading exponent of orthodox Presbyterianism inBelfast in the mid-19th century. His statue in Belfast, standing outside theRoyal Belfast Academical Institution, is known as "The Black Man".
• Killyleagh is the home town ofDavid Healy, the retiredNorthern Ireland football player. Healy is Northern Ireland's record goalscorer by a considerable distance, with 36 goals. The second-highest total is 20 goals. He also holds the record for most goals scored in a European Championship Qualifying Phase, with 13 goals during the country's failed bid to reachEuro 2008. Healy's formerBury teammateTrevor Carson is also from Killyleagh.

• Robert Lowry (1824–1904), born in Killyleagh, emigrated to theUnited States and became a judge andU.S. Representative fromIndiana.
• Thomas L. Young (1832–1888), born in Killyleagh, served asGovernor of Ohio from 1877 to 1878.
• Vice AdmiralSir Henry Blackwood (1781–1830), born and buried in Killyleagh; senior-ranking officer in theRoyal Navy.^[4]

Killyleagh istwinned withCleveland, North Carolina,United States.

The civil parish is mainly in thebarony ofDufferin, with onetownland in the barony ofCastlereagh Upper. It also contains the village of Killyleagh.^[5]

The civil parish contains the following townlands:^[5]

• Killyleagh Youth F.C. playassociation football in theNorthern Amateur Football League.

• Market houses in Northern Ireland
• List of civil parishes of County Down

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