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Whiterock, County Down
Whiterock is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is within the townland of Killinakin, in the civil parish of Killinchy and historic barony of Dufferin, on the western shore of Strangford Lough, near to the village of Killinchy.〔(Ordnance Survey Ireland: Online map viewer ) (choose "historic" to see townland boundaries)〕 It is in the Borough of Ards. It had a population of 355 people (141 households) in the 2011 Census. (2001 Census: 351 people)
Whiterock is home to two yacht clubs: Strangford Lough Yacht Club and 1.5km to the north, Down Cruising Club. The latter is based in a moored former lightship, the ''Petrel'', acquired in 1968. The lightship had been built by the Dublin Dockyard Company in 1915 for the Commissioners of Irish Lights and since registered as a National Historic Ship UK.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.downcruisingclub.org/ )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/register/2782/light-ship-petrel )〕
Between the two yacht clubs is Sketrick Castle, a 15th century tower house on Sketrick Island, now in ruins. To the south of Whiterock is Ballymorran Bay.〔
== See also ==
*List of villages in Northern Ireland
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