placenamesKnockbreda
An Cnoc agus An Bhréadach
A conservation consultant’s account records how two churchyard monuments were surveyed and repaired.
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 Cnoc agus An Bhréadach · Irish · main form
- Knockbreda · English · main form
Place & story
Recording the stones before repair
Chris McCollum’s account of the Knockbreda project describes a commission from the Follies Trust in 2007 and detailed assessment of the Greg and Rainey mausolea in 2008. Removing vegetation allowed individual stones to be inspected, while a three-dimensional survey recorded the architectural detail. Rainwater penetration and rooted vegetation were major causes of decay. The conservation work finished in spring 2009, preserving these monuments within the parish churchyard. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Down
- Barony
- Castlereagh Lower
- Barony
- Castlereagh Upper
- Coordinates
- 54.57635, -5.89396 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 65701 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Knockbreda. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- The conservation of the Knockbreda mausolea: the consultant’s view, in Knockbreda: Its Monuments and People, printed pages47–49 · Chris McCollum; volume edited by Lydia Wilson, The Follies Trust
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2019-10-08. How this page was prepared.