placenamesCastlereagh Lower
An Caisleán Riabhach Íochtarach
Two named benefactors appear in Lewis’s account of the parish’s charitable provision.
The name
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Recorded forms
- An Caisleán Riabhach Íochtarach · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Castlereagh Lower · English · main form
Place & story
A school endowment and an income for the poor
David Gordon built and endowed a schoolhouse at Church Quarter in Dundonald parish, according to Samuel Lewis in 1837. Lewis separately recorded John Crane of London leaving the interest from a sum of money for poor members of the Presbyterian congregation. The account identifies different forms of support: an endowed teaching building and income reserved for congregational relief. It supplies neither the school’s construction date nor the capital value of Crane’s bequest. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Castlereagh Lower. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Dundonald: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2019-10-08. How this page was prepared.