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Landmark Attractions In County Down

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Landmark Attractions In County Down

  • 1. Mount Stewart House Newtownards
    Mount Stewart is a 19th-century house and garden in County Down, Northern Ireland, owned by the National Trust. Situated on the east shore of Strangford Lough, a few miles outside the town of Newtownards and near Greyabbey, it was the Irish seat of the Vane-Tempest-Stewart family, Marquesses of Londonderry. The house and its contents reflect the history of the Vane-Tempest-Stewart family, who played a leading role in British and Irish social and political life.
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  • 2. Annalong Cornmill and Harbour Annalong
    Annalong is a seaside village in County Down, Northern Ireland at the foot of the Mourne Mountains. It is situated in the civil parish of Kilkeel and the historic barony of Mourne. It had a population of 1,778 people at the 2001 Census and lies within the Newry and Mourne District Council area. The village was once engaged in exporting dressed granite and is now a fishing and holiday resort. Annalong Primary School is in the village and Annalong Community Development Association was established in 1994.
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  • 8. Ards Peninsula County Down
    The Ards Peninsula is a peninsula in County Down, Northern Ireland, that separates Strangford Lough from the North Channel of the Irish Sea on the north-east coast of Ireland. Several towns and villages are located on it, including Donaghadee, Newtownards and Portaferry. Newtownards is considered to be the largest conurbation, as the larger town of Bangor, which is also geographically located on the north end of the peninsula, is excluded from the Ards district . The peninsula has a mild marine microclimate, with dry and fertile soils suitable for extensive agriculture. The Ards Peninsula contains, near Portavogie, the most easterly point on the island of Ireland.
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  • 9. Loughinisland Churches County Down
    Loughinisland is a small village and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is between Downpatrick and Ballynahinch, about 21 miles south of Belfast.
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  • 10. Ardtole Church Ardglass
    Ardtole is a townland of 431 acres in County Down, Northern Ireland, near Ardglass. It is situated in the civil parish of Ardglass and the historic barony of Lecale Lower. The southern part of Ardtole townland is known as English Ardtole and the northern part is known as Irish Ardtole.The townland contains the remains of Ardtole Church, a 15th-century ruined church dedicated to St Nicholas . Close by is a holy well, known as St Patrick's Well.
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  • 11. Ross Monument Rostrevor
    Major-General Robert Ross was an officer in the British Army, born in Ireland, who served in the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. Ross enlisted in the British Army in 1789. He served as an officer in several battles during the Napoleonic Wars. In 1809, he was sent to serve in the Peninsular War. He was wounded in the neck at the Battle of Orthez in France on February 27, 1814. Upon returning to duty later that year, Ross was made a major general and sent to North America, where he took command of a British force designated to attack the United States capital of Washington D.C. during the War of 1812. Ross's professional soldiers quickly defeated a poorly organized American militia at the Battle of Bladensburg on August 24, and that evening proceeded to enter Washington. The British Arm...
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  • 14. McKee Clock Bangor Northern Ireland
    The McKee Clock is a clock tower in the town of Bangor, Northern Ireland. Situated at the foot of High Street in the marina's sunken gardens in an area known as the McKee Clock Arena, the clock is named for its benefactor William McKee, a local rates collector who donated £200 towards its construction. The clock was designed by Mr Bell, the town's surveyor, and built in 1915 by John McNeilly from stone quarried at Ballycullen, near Newtownards. On the base of the clock, a black granite slab is engraved with the inscription 8 July 1915. This stone records the appreciation of the Bangor Urban District Council for the generous gift of this clock to his native town by James McKee. The above James McKee died on 28th April 1919. During World War II the Luftwaffe dropped a bomb that landed on th...
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  • 15. Clandeboye Estate & Courtyard Bangor Northern Ireland
    The Clandeboye Estate is a country estate located in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland, 12 miles outside Belfast. Covering 2,000 acres , it contains woodlands, formal and walled gardens, lawns, a lake, and 250 hectares of farmland. The estate is currently home to Lindy, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava, widow of the last Marquess .
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