Craigs (Irish: Na Creaga, "The Rocks")[1] is a townland[2] in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is part of the Finvoy Civil Parish situated in the history Barony of Kilconway. It is a relatively large townland at a 4.38 square miles (2,800 acres), making it the ninth largest townland in County Antrim.[3]
Modern archaeological excavations at Craigs found pottery and evidence of sod homes from the medieval period.[4]
Craigs is a former civil parish and ecclesiastical parish within the Church of Ireland that consisted of the townland of Craigs, Cullybackey and Dreen.[5]
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- ^ Mills, David (2011). A Dictionary of British Place-Names. OUP Oxford. p. 135. ISBN 9780199609086. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ "Na Creaga/Craigs". Placenames Database of Ireland.
- ^ "Craigs Townland, Co. Antrim". www.townlands.ie.
- ^ Horning, Audrey (2013). Ireland in the Virginian Sea: Colonialism in the British Atlantic. UNC Press Books. p. 40. ISBN 9781469610733. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ Mitchell, Brian (1990). A Guide to Irish Churches and Graveyards. Genealogical Publishing Com. pp. 4–5. ISBN 9780806312668. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
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