Kircubbin

Kircubbin is a village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the shores of Strangford Lough, between Newtownards and Portaferry, in the Borough of Ards. The village harbour contains leisure craft, yachts, and a sailing club. The main street was remodelled in 2008 with some old houses knocked down and rebuilt as new. the village had a population of 1, 153 people in the 2011 Census. It is known as Cill Ghobáin in Irish (possibly derived from Scots Kirk and Irish Gobáin, meaning "Church of Gobáin") and Kirkcubbin in Ulster-Scots. HistoryKircubbin and nearby Inishargy are mentioned in early medieval records. This possible translation of the Irish name is the only evidence that connects the Irish Saint Goban to the village. John de Courcy, a Norman knight who invaded Ulster, brought Benedictines from Stoke Courcy in Somerset and Lonlay in France, for whom he founded Black Abbey, near Inishargy in the 1180s.

Kircubbin is a village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the shores of Strangford Lough, between Newtownards and Portaferry, in the Borough of Ards. The village harbour contains leisure craft, yachts, and a sailing club. The main street was remodelled in 2008 with some old houses knocked down and rebuilt as new. the village had a population of 1, 153 people in the 2011 Census. It is known as Cill Ghobáin in Irish (possibly derived from Scots Kirk and Irish Gobáin, meaning "Church of Gobáin") and Kirkcubbin in Ulster-Scots. HistoryKircubbin and nearby Inishargy are mentioned in early medieval records. This possible translation of the Irish name is the only evidence that connects the Irish Saint Goban to the village. John de Courcy, a Norman knight who invaded Ulster, brought Benedictines from Stoke Courcy in Somerset and Lonlay in France, for whom he founded Black Abbey, near Inishargy in the 1180s.