Coney Island, County Down

This article is about the hamlet in County Down. For other uses, see Coney Island.
Coney Island
Coney Island is located in County Down
Coney Island
Coney Island
Location within County Down
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54°15′23″N 5°37′30″W / 54.2563°N 5.6251°W / 54.2563; -5.6251
Coney Island in 2007

Coney Island is a small seaside hamlet and townland of 48 acres (19 hectares) in County Down, Northern Ireland, between the villages of Ardglass and Killough. It is situated in the civil parish of Ardglass and the historic barony of Lecale Lower.[1] There is a small caravan park at Coney Island.[2]

It is not actually an island but includes a narrow peninsula which may at one time have been cut off by the sea. The name of the townland is recorded as Conningsiland in 1635, as Cony Is in 1640 and as Conny-Island in 1669. Coney or Cony is a medieval English word meaning rabbit.[3]

Transport

Coney Island railway station opened in July 1892 and was closed in January 1950.[4]

Cultural references

"Coney Island" is a spoken-word song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and included on his 1989 album, Avalon Sunset. In the song he revisits his youthful trips with his mother to the seaside at Coney Island.[5]

The Shore is a Northern Irish short film directed by Terry George.[6] The film won the 2012 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.[7] It was filmed entirely at George's family cottage at Coney Island.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Coney Island". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Coney Island Caravan Park". Camping NI. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Coney Island, County Down". Place Names NI. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Coney Island Halt" (PDF). Railbrit. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  5. ^ Rogan, Johnny (2006). Van Morrison: No Surrender. London: Vintage Books. ISBN 978 0 09 943183 1.
  6. ^ "Winners for the 84th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
  7. ^ "Road to the Oscars". Academy Awards 2012. IMDb.
  8. ^ "Last chance to return to The Shore". BBC NI. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
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