Ballynafoy (Annaclone)
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This article is about the townland in County Down. For other uses, see Ballynafoy.
Ballynafoy (Annaclone) (from Irish Baile na Faiche, meaning "townland of the green") is a townland of 901 acres in County Down, Northern Ireland.[1] It is situated in the civil parish of Annaclone and the historic barony of Iveagh Upper, Upper Half.[2]
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Ballynafoy Hill (612 ft) is the highest point in the parish. Near the summit is a standing stone and there is a rath nearby on the south-eastern slope of the hill and another lower down.[1]
There is a townland of the same name in the civil parish of Knockbreda in the historic barony of Castlereagh Upper.[2]