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The townlands of Belfast are the oldest surviving land divisions in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The city is split between two traditional Counties by the River Lagan, with those townlands north of the river generally in County Antrim, while those on the southern bank are generally part of County Down. The following is a list of townlands within Belfast city (excluding the suburbs of Newtownabbey, Holywood and Dundonald) and their likely etymologies. ==County Antrim (north bank of the River Lagan)== *Ballyaghagan () *Ballycollin (from ''Baile Uí Coileain'' meaning "O'Collin's townland") *Ballycullo (from ''Baile Cúile Eo'' meaning "townland of the nook of the yew") *Ballydownfine (from ''Baile Dhún Fionn'' meaning "town of the white fort" or ''Baile Dhún Finn'' meaning "town of Finn's fort") *Ballyfinaghy (from ''Baile an Fhionnachaidh'' meaning "townland of the white field") *Ballygammon (formerly ''Ballyogoman'', from ''Baile Ó gComáin'' meaning "O'Coman's townland") *Ballygomartin (from ''Baile Gobha Mairtín'' meaning "town of Martin the smith" or ''Baile Gharraí Mháirtín'', "townland of Martin's enclosed field") *Ballymagarry (formerly ''Ballingarry'', from ''Baile an Gharraí'' meaning "townland of the enclosed field", or from ''Baile Mac Gearoidh'' meaning "McGarry's townland") *Ballymoney (formerly ''Ballymeighmoney'', from ''Baile Maighe Muine'' meaning "townland of the plain of the peat") *Ballymurphy (from ''Baile Uí Mhurchú'' or ''Baile Uí Mhurchaidh'' meaning "Murphy's townland") *Ballysillan Lower (from ''Baile na Saileán'' meaning "townland of the willows") *Derryaghy (from ''Doire Achaidh'' meaning "oak-grove of the field" / from ''Doire Eachadh'' meaning "Eochy's oak-grove") *Dunmurry (from ''Dún Muirígh'' meaning "Muiríoch's fort") *Edenderry (from ''Éadan Doire'' meaning "hill-face of the oak-grove") *Englishtown (an English name) *Greencastle (an English name), formerly Cloghcastella (from ''Cloch Mhic Coisteala'' meaning "Costello's stone castle") *Killeaton (from ''Coill Eatain'' meaning "Eatan's wood") *Kilmakee (from ''Coill Mhic Ciaigh'' meaning "McKay's wood") *Lagmore (from ''Lag Mór'' meaning "the great hollow") *Legoniel (from ''Lag an Aoil'' meaning "hollow of the limestone") *Low Wood (an English name) *Malone Lower and Malone Upper (from ''Maigh Luain'' meaning "Luan's plain") *Old Park (an English name) *Poleglass (from ''Poll Glas'' meaning "the green hollow") *Skegoneill (formerly ''Ballyskeighoginerla'', from ''Sceitheog an Iarla'' meaning "the earl's little thorn bush" – the name ''Sceitheog Uí Néill'', "O'Neill's little thorn bush" has also been proposed) *Tom of the Tae-End (a Scottish name, the term given to the skin a haggis is stuffed into, possibly named by a Scottish settler due to its size and shape) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of townlands in Belfast」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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