County Down

County Down
Contae an Dúin  (Irish)
Coontie Doon/Countie Doun (Ulster-Scots)
County
Coat of arms
Nickname: 
Mourne Country
Motto(s): 
Absque Labore Nihil  (Latin)
"Nothing Without Labour"
CountryUnited Kingdom
Constituent CountryNorthern Ireland
ProvinceUlster
EstablishedEarly 16th century
County townDownpatrick
Area
[1]
 • Total961 sq mi (2,489 km2)
 • Rank12th
Highest elevation
(Slieve Donard)
2,790 ft (850 m)
Population
 (2021)
553,261
 • Rank4th
Time zoneUTC±0 (GMT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode area
BT
Contae an Dúin is the Irish name, Countie Doun[2] and Coontie Doon[3] are Ulster Scots spellings.

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.

The county forms an area of 2,489 km² (961 square miles). The population in 2021 was 553,261.[4] The county town is Downpatrick, and the largest town is Bangor.

References

  1. ↑ Northern Ireland General Register Office (1975). "Table 1: Area, Buildings for Habitation and Population, 1971". Census of Population 1971; Summary Tables (PDF). Belfast: HMSO. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  2. ↑ 2008 Annual Report in Ulster Scots Archived 29 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine North–South Ministerial Council.
  3. ↑ 2006 Annual Report in Ulster Scots Archived 27 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine North–South Ministerial Council.
  4. ↑ "County". NISRA. Retrieved 17 August 2023.

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.

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