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Castlereagh
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Castlereagh

District (pop., 2001: 66,488), Northern Ireland. Located southeast of Belfast, it was established in 1973. The area was settled in the 14th century by the O'Neill clan of Ulster, from whose main stronghold, Grey Castle (no longer extant), it takes its name. It is closely linked to eastern Belfast, the district seat, where many of its residents are employed.

Castlereagh1
Viscount. title of Robert Stewart, Marquis of Londonderry. 1769--1822, British statesman: as foreign secretary (1812--22) led the Grand Alliance against Napoleon and attended the Congress of Vienna (1815)
Castlereagh2
a district of E Northern Ireland, in Co. Down. Pop.: 66 076 (2003 est.). Area.: 85 sq. km (33 sq. miles)


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