In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Killaney like this:
KILLANEY, or KILLENEY, a parish, in the barony of UPPER CASTLEREAGH, county of DOWN, and province of ULSTER, 4 miles (W. by S.) from Saintfield, on the road from that place to Ballinahinch; containing 1298 inhabitants. According to the Ordnance survey, it comprises 2859 statute acres, of which 68 ¼ are water: the land is good, and under an excellent system of cultivation, producing abundant crops. ...
The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Down, and in the patronage of the Marquess of Downshire, in whom the rectory is impropriate: the tithes amount to £85. There is neither church, glebe-house, nor glebe. The church was greatly injured in 1641, and is now in ruins, but divine service is regularly performed in the parochial school-house. There is a Presbyterian meeting-house. The parochial school is supported by the Marquess of Down-shire and the vicar. The school-house was built by subscription; about 30 children are educated in it and 100 in a private school; and there is a Sunday school.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Killaney, in and County Down | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/28926
Date accessed: 29th May 2024
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