County Down

County Down, (Contae an Dúin in Irish - meaning the Fort) is one of six counties that form Northern Ireland, and one of the nine counties of the ancient province of Ulster

Irish: Contae an Dúin Coontie Doon / Countie Douncode: ga is deprecated
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 54.2079°N 5.8913°W / 54.2079; -5.8913
Country	United Kingdom
Region	Northern Ireland
Province	Ulster
County seat	Downpatrick
Area
• Total	945 sq mi (2,448 km2)
• Rank	12th
Population  (2001)	492,840
• Rank	4th
Contae an Dúin is the Irish name, Countie Doun and Coontie Doon are Ulster Scots spellings.

The county forms an area of 2,448 km² (945 square miles). The estimated population in 1992 was 416,600, a more recent approximation puts it at about 516,000. The county town is Downpatrick, and the largest town is Bangor.

County Down Media

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  1885 map, with the county divided into baronies

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  Mourneswiki

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  King John's Castle on Carlingford Lough.

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  A steam train on the Downpatrick and County Down Railway travelling through the Ulster drumlin belt near Downpatrick.

Further reading

• Harris, Walter (attributed). 1744. The Ancient and Present Stare of the County of Down...'Dublin.
• The Memoirs of John M. Regan, a Catholic Officer in the RIC and RUC, 1909–48, Joost Augusteijn, editor, District Inspector, Co. Down 1930s, 1919, ISBN 978-1-84682-069-4.

Other websites

• County Down website
• Armagh and Down Tourism
• Culture Northern Ireland - Industrial Heritage of County Down Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine
• Down Gaelic Athletic Association/Cummann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste An Dún
• Genealogy indexes for County Down
• Ardglass Fishing port on East Down coast Archived 2018-05-11 at the Wayback Machine