Welcome to County Down

Nendrum Monastic Site, Mahee Island, Strangford Lough. Comber, Co Down
Photo donated by Paul Allaway

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Fáilte! (Welcome!)

County Down is a maritime county located in Northern Ireland (Ulster). The county consists of 957 square miles, or 612,480 acres, of which about 514,000 are arable. Carlingford Bay separates it from Leinster on the south, and the Newry Canal and Lagan River form its boundaries on the west. The other rivers running through the county are the Bann and Annahill. Lough Strangford, Dundrum Bay, and the Mourne Mountains, (the highest of which, Slieve Donard, is 2796 feet) are all landmarks found in County Down.

The county is mostly mountainous or hilly, but in many parts tolerably fertile. The Ulster Railway crosses the N. part of the county. Capital, Downpatrick. The county returns 2 members to the House of Commons.