Coney Island, County Down is a medieval English word meaning rabbit. Coney Island railway station opened in July 1892 and was closed in January 1950. 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. The Shore is a Northern Irish short film directed by Terry George. The film won the 2012 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. It was filmed entirely at George's family cottage at Coney Island. Coney Island, County Down Coney
Coney Weston Coney Weston Coney Weston is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England, within the St Edmundsbury district. It is a primarily rural residential town that has dormitory town status. It is north of Ixworth and from Bury St Edmunds Coney Weston has a different meaning to other towns with the name Weston: it is not a true Weston (where the origin is from Old English "west-tun" "western farm, village or estate") but is a hybrid name, from Old Norse "konungr" "king" (cognate with Old English "cyning" "king") and Old English "tun" "farm". The name was recorded as "Cunungestuna" in