Ireland - Welcome to County Down

Crossgar, five miles due south of Saintfield, a small hamlet in the nineteenth century has now grown into a lively village, well known for its fine restaurants and pubs which provide excellent food and lively entertainment. Perhaps the most dominant and striking feature of the village is to be found at the southern end - Tobar Muire Monastery of the Passionist missionary order. Here, within the Victorian walled garden, you'll find the Ulster Wildlife Centre which was opened in1992 by Sir David Attenborough. The Trust is a charity dedicated to promoting conservation of wildlife and natural habitats in Northern Ireland. The Centre boasts a magnificent Victorian conservatory containing some grape vines planted as far back as the last century. Crossgar also boasts a fine nine-hole golf course where members can enjoy a testing round of golf.

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Bowling (Flat Green) , Craft Centres , Golf , Guest Houses , Restaurants , Tombs , Wildlife Parks

481. Donaghadee

Donaghadee an interesting seaside town with a lighthouse and a very big harbour, is the nearest Irish port to Great Britain. From the sixteenth to the nineteenth century Donaghadee was a major port that offered the only safe refuge from the treacherous reefs on this coast. In the expectation that the town would remain the mail packet station for Scotland, the harbour was greatly enlarged in 1820.

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482. Down

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Abbeys , Archaeological , Bed & Breakfasts , Bowling (10 Pin) , Cairn , Castles (Historical) , Churches (Historical) , Forts (Historical) , Motte (Historical) , Rath , Restaurants , Stone Circles , Stones (Historical)

483. Downpatrick

Downpatrick takes its name from the dun (fort) where a sixth-century monastery, an Augustinian church, a Benedictine church and several versions of Down cathedral, were built. The strong association with St Patrick brought many medieval religious orders to Downpatrick and the monasteries established here grew into the regional capital which, by extension, gave its name to County Down.

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484. Dromore

In the extreme north of the District adjacent to the A1 road, lies the small historic Cathedral Town of Dromore where the river Lagan, still in its upper reaches, rushes on towards Belfast and the sea. Dromore takes its name from the gaelic Druiim Mor meaning 'great ridge' or 'mound'

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