placenamesDufferin
An Duifrian
A nineteenth-century account records the goods passing through a port on Strangford Lough.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- An Duifrian · Irish · main form
- Dufferin · English · main form
Place & story
A quay completed in 1833
At Killyleagh, the principal town of Dufferin barony, Samuel Lewis recorded a quay and basin completed in 1833. Lord Dufferin paid their cost of more than £1,000. Lewis described a sheltered harbour accessible to vessels drawing no more than ten feet of water, placing a practical limit on the shipping it could receive. [2]
Cargoes across the quay
The port exported wheat, barley, oats, potatoes, butter, kelp and cotton goods in Lewis’s 1837 account. Imports included cotton, wool, coal, iron and salt. He nevertheless characterised its trade as limited. The cargo list connects the barony’s port with farming, textile manufacture and imported supplies. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Dufferin. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Killyleagh, Down: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.