Places of interest County Down

king john s castle on carlingford lough.



an area of county down known brontë homeland (situated between rathfriland , banbridge, patrick brontë had church), after patrick brontë (originally brunty), father of anne, charlotte, emily , branwell. patrick brontë born in region.
the city of newry in south of county contains st patrick s (church of ireland, 1578), overlooking city centre church street, on east side of city, considered ireland s first ever protestant church. newry canal first summit-level canal ever built in british isles.
castlewellan forest park.
down home exploris, northern ireland aquarium, located in portaferry, on shores of strangford lough, on ards peninsula.
the old inn in crawfordsburn 1 of ireland s oldest hostelries, records dating 1614. predated donaghadee s grace neill s opened in 1611. old inn claims people have stayed there include jonathan swift, dick turpin, peter great, lord tennyson, charles dickens, anthony trollope, former president george h. w. bush, , c. s. lewis, honeymooned there.
tollymore forest park.
scrabo tower, in newtownards, built memorial charles stewart, 3rd marquess of londonderry.
saint patrick reputed buried @ down cathedral in downpatrick, reputedly alongside st. brigid , st. columcille.
saul, county down (from irish: sabhall meaning barn ) – saint patrick said first eucharist in ireland




^ saint patrick s church . encyclopedia britannica. retrieved 6 july 2017. 
^ crawfordsburn old inn website
^ kearcsadmin. st. brigid s day . county kildare archaeological society. retrieved 6 july 2017.