County Down

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. The county town is Downpatrick, and the largest town is Bangor. References 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. Other websites County Down website Armagh and Down Tourism Archived 2005-11-24 at the Wayback Machine Culture Northern Ireland - Industrial Heritage of County Down Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine Down Gaelic Athletic Association/Cummann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste An Dún Archived 2022-04-06 at the Wayback Machine Genealogy indexes for County Down Ardglass Fishing port on East Down coast Archived 2018-05-11 at the Wayback Machine