County Down Towns - Downpatrick, Down

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388. 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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389. Down

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390. 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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391. 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 Druim Mor meaning 'great ridge or 'mound'. The dromore Mound, hundred metres from the town centre. It is one of the finest examples of a Norman Motte & Bailey to be found in Ireland today and is protected by the Historic Monuments branch of the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland.

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