County Down

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county of Northern Ireland historic county

County Down is a historic county in Northern Ireland known for its scenic coastline, the Mourne Mountains, and its proximity to Belfast.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
North Down, Northern Ireland	1

Statements (78)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	county of Northern Ireland ⓘ historic county ⓘ
areaSquareKilometres	2448 ⓘ
areaSquareMiles	945 ⓘ
borders	County Antrim ⓘ County Armagh ⓘ County Louth ⓘ
contains	Ards Peninsula ⓘ Ballynahinch ⓘ Ballynahinch River ⓘ Ballywalter ⓘ Bangor ⓘ Bangor Marina ⓘ Carlingford Lough ⓘ Carryduff ⓘ Castle Ward ⓘ Castlewellan ⓘ Clough, County Down ⓘ Comber ⓘ Donaghadee ⓘ Down Cathedral ⓘ Downpatrick ⓘ Dromore, County Down ⓘ Dundrum, County Down ⓘ Greyabbey ⓘ Hillsborough ⓘ Holywood ⓘ Kilkeel ⓘ Killyleagh ⓘ Mount Stewart ⓘ Mourne Mountains ⓘ Newcastle, County Down ⓘ Newry ⓘ Newtownards ⓘ Portaferry ⓘ River Bann ⓘ surface form: River Bann (County Down section) Rostrevor ⓘ Royal County Down Golf Club ⓘ Saint Patrick’s grave (Downpatrick) ⓘ Saintfield ⓘ Scrabo Tower ⓘ Slieve Donard ⓘ Killyleagh ⓘ surface form: Strangford Strangford Lough ⓘ Struell Wells NERFINISHED ⓘ Mourne Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ⓘ surface form: Tollymore Forest Park Ulster Wildlife Trust reserves in Strangford Lough ⓘ Warrenpoint ⓘ
containsPartial	Ards and North Down district ⓘ Belfast ⓘ Belfast City Council ⓘ surface form: Belfast City Council area Lisburn ⓘ Lisburn and Castlereagh district ⓘ Newry, Mourne and Down district ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn	Carlingford Lough ⓘ Irish Sea ⓘ Strangford Lough ⓘ
hasTouristAttraction	Castle Ward ⓘ Mount Stewart ⓘ Mourne Mountains ⓘ Royal County Down Golf Club ⓘ Strangford Lough ⓘ Tollymore Forest Park ⓘ
highestElevationMetres	850 ⓘ
highestPoint	Slieve Donard ⓘ
historicCapital	Downpatrick ⓘ
IrishName	Donegal ⓘ surface form: Contae an Dúin
ISO3166-2	GB-NIR ⓘ
locatedIn	Ulster ⓘ surface form: province of Ulster
namedAfter	Downpatrick ⓘ
partOf	Northern Ireland ⓘ
patronSaint	Saint Patrick ⓘ
populationEstimate	531665 ⓘ
ScotsName	Coontie Doon ⓘ
timeZone	GMT ⓘ
timeZoneDST	BST ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCodeHistoric	DZ ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

County Antrim → borders → County Down ⓘ

Miami Showband killings → county → County Down ⓘ

Democratic Unionist Party → electoralStronghold → County Down ⓘ

River Lagan → formsBorderWith → County Down ⓘ

Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States → hasSisterCity → County Down ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Down, Northern Ireland

Downpatrick, County Down → isCountyTownOf → County Down ⓘ

George Best Belfast City Airport → locatedIn → County Down ⓘ

Saul, County Down → locatedIn → County Down ⓘ

Slieve Donard → locatedIn → County Down ⓘ

Stormont Estate → locatedIn → County Down ⓘ

Downpatrick, County Down → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → County Down ⓘ

Northern Counties Committee → operatingArea → County Down ⓘ

Slieve Donard → overlooks → County Down ⓘ

Robert Ross → placeOfBirth → County Down ⓘ

Joseph Larmor → placeOfDeath → County Down ⓘ

Glentoran FC → region → County Down ⓘ

Parliament Buildings, Stormont → region → County Down ⓘ

Red Hand Commando → region → County Down ⓘ

Stormont Castle → region → County Down ⓘ

Ulster Volunteer Force → region → County Down ⓘ

Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire → representedInParliament → County Down ⓘ

River Lagan → sourceRegion → County Down ⓘ