placenamesBlack Abbey
An Mhainistir Dhubh
Black Abbey is a townland in Down. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationBlack Abbey54.52778° N · 5.51852° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- An Mhainistir Dhubh · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Black Abbey · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Down
- Barony
- Ards Lower
- Civil parish
- Greyabbey
- Coordinates
- 54.52778, -5.51852
- Mapped area
- 1.94 km²
- Logainm ID
- 65838 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Black Abbey. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-02-24. How this page was prepared.