Talk:County Down

message: I just removed the reference to the county being previously known as "County St Mirren". It was added by an anon IP in February. The IP has only made a handful of edits, mostly vandalism. Also I can find *absolutely* no evidence to the county ever bearing the name. Lozleader 09:09, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  County St Mirren 

message: Can anyone please elaborate on the apparent earthquake in Down on 27 February 2008? Stampede1961 (talk) 02:21, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Earthquake 

message: this has come up in other articles re. irish naming convention, but if the translation to english is 'county OF the fort', shouldn't the irish be 'contae na duin'? my limited irish translates 'contae an duin' as 'county the fort'.Toyokuni3 (talk) 02:34, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  No this is not needed as Irish is not literally translated to English, but the English version of the name is roughly translated frokm the Irish (Gaeilge) version. Co. An Dúin means The Fort County.--  RÓNÁN   "Caint / Talk"  11:41, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: An vs. na

message: There is a discussion ongoing about the locator maps for Northern Ireland counties — see here.~Asarlaí 19:49, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Northern Ireland county maps 

message: Population of County Down cannot be determined absolute as information in the census is no longer collected on a county basis. However, a relatively reliable estimate can be made using the figures and maps provided by the Ordnance Survey and the fingures from the 2001 Census freely available from NISRA. Despite Belfast, Lisburn, Newry & Mourne and Craigavon council areas all crossing the county boundaries, the electoral wards within them tend not to. In the small amount of cases where the Electoral Wards do cross into County Antrim or County Armagh, the Census Output Areas serve as a yet smaller geographical breakdown of the figures. In certain circumstances these Census Output Areas do cross the border and I have chosen to only select those which the majority of the Area is within County Down. If anyone has any queries or suggestions please get in contact. I'm going to replace the 489,000 number which has not yet been sourced at the time of writing. The Wikipedia article for County Cork states that the population of that county in 2006 was 481,294 which is lower than both 492,840 and 489,000 and so County Down seems to be the third, rather than the fourth largest county in Ireland. Cuirfear fáilte roimh chomhfhreagras i nGaeilge. Correspondance in Irish is welcomed. D.de.loinsigh (talk) 19:27, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Population of County Down in the 2001 Census 

message: What is it? Curiously, this article doesn't say. 79.97.154.238 (talk) 19:24, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: 33 per cent, according to this, but I don't know how reliable/up-to-date it is. — Jon C.ॐ 19:47, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Catholic population?

message: Just like to point out that the map on the page is incorrect in that it shows east belfast to be a part of antrim.. the lagan is the border. Ive seen many other places that make this same mistake and i cant work out why. Eleutherius (talk) 00:12, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: It is based on a council boundary map which erronenously had it. It does need fixing and I should be tasked with it as I made the maps. Mabuska (talk) 16:47, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  error in map 

message: As I've mentioned before on this page (see "Population of County Down in the 2001 Census") one cannot be certain as to the exact population of any county in Northern Ireland as statistics are not collected on a county basis anymore - rather district council, electoral wards, Westminster constituencies etc. are prefered. Below is an updated account of my relatively reliable estimate based on the recently released detailed breakdown in the figures from the 2011 UK Census. I have used exactly the same process as last time. No area included last time (when, in 2010, I did this same culculation for the 2001 census) has been left out this time, and vice versa.
The only thing that has changed is the name used by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency to its smallest geographic area of record; what used to be called a "census output area" is now called a "small area". But these are exactly the same entity - their boundaries have not changed. However, as part of this change their code identier has changed also. For ease of reference I have given both below. The order is the same as last time (despite the fact that these new codes might suggest a new order be adopted).
In brief County Down had an appoximate population of 492,840 in 2001 according to the UK Census of that year. The approximate corresponding figure from the 2011 UK Census is 531,665. Regarding County Cork: again County Down appears to be the third, rather than the fourth, largest county on the island of Ireland in terms of population. County Cork had a population of 518,128 in the Republic of Ireland's 2011 Census.
As previously, any queries or suggestions are most welcome. Cuirfear fáilte roimh chomhfhreagras i nGaeilge. Correspondance in Irish is welcomed.
*Ards (ie. Newtownards)	78078
*Banbridge		48339
*Castlereagh		67242
*Down (ie. Downpatrick)	69731
*North Down (ie. Bangor)	78937
*And parts of the following local government areas:
*Belfast
**Ballyhackamore 5939
**Ballymacarrett 4908
**Ballynafeigh 5928
**Belmont 6165
**Bloomfield 5453
**Cherryvalley 5920
**Island 5014
**Knock	4827
**Orangefield 5619
**Ravenhill 6041
**Rosetta 6564
**Stormont 5548
**Sydenham 4874
**The Mount 5591
**Wookstock 5445
*Craigavon
**Aghagallon
***95LL010004 (formerly N00002173) 476
**Bleary
***N00002206 (formerly 95LL050001) 325       
***N00002204 (formerly 95LL050005) 431
***N00002207 (formerly 95LL050006) 299
***N00002208 (formerly 95LL050007) 334
***N00002209 (formerly 95LL050008) 361
***N00002210 (formerly 95LL050009) 417
**Donaghcloney 3989
**Magheralin 5148
***Except N00002331 (formerly 95LL190007) -606	
**Waringstown 4536
*Lisburn
**Ballymacbrennan 3372
**Blairis 3375
**Dromara 4698
**Drombo 3364
**Hillhall 2905
**Hillsborough 3758
**Maghaberry
***N00003448 (formerly 95SS210002) 540
***N00003449 (formerly 95SS210003) 431
**Maze 3816
***Except N00003469 (formerly 95SS230001) -373
**Moira	5139
***Except N00003476 (formerly 95SS240009) -734
*Newry and Mourne
**Annalong 3211
**Ballybot
***N00003678 (formerly 95VV020003) 378
***N00003679 (formerly 95VV020004) 327
***N00003681 (formerly 95VV020006) 409
***N00003682 (formerly 95VV020007) 226
**Binnian 2752
**Burren and Kilbroney 4506
**Clonallen 4393
**Daisy Hill
***N00003738 (formerly 95VV100002) 292
***N00003741 (formerly 95VV100008) 244
***N00003742 (formerly 95VV100009) 316
**Derryleckagh 4458
**Donaghmore 3473
**Drumalane
***N00003772 (formerly 95VV140002) 186
***N00003773 (formerly 95VV140003) 323
***N00003769 (formerly 95VV140006) 351
**Drumgullion
***N00003776 (formerly 95VV150003) 384
***N00003778 (formerly 95VV150005) 391
***N00003779 (formerly 95VV150006) 355
**Kilkeel Central 3687
**Kilkeel South	2983
**Lisnacree 2990
**Mayobridge 4037
**Rostrevor 2893
**Seaview 3067
**Spelga 3583
**St. Mary’s 2284
**St. Patrick’s 3530
**Tullyhappy
***N00003880 (formerly 95VV290007) 469
**Windsor Hill 3003
TOTAL: 531665  D.de.loinsigh (talk • contribs) 03:28, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Population of County Down in the 2011 UK Census 

message: The sentence "The county was archaically called Downshire" seems unsatisfactory. The marquisate of Downshire is still a current peerage, and there is a hotel of that name in Banbridge, but the adjective "archaic" means not simply "disused" but "ancient".  I'm also unsure whether "Downshire" was exclusively used at any point, or whether its use was always contemporaneous with "County Down". I would propose to replace the sentence with "A former name for the county was Downshire".  Deipnosophista (talk) 12:01, 19 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Downshire 

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message: Ignorant outsider here:  is there any kind of county-level government or administration?  If so, this should be added to the article.  If not, it's worth pointing out, since in general one would expect an administrative division like a county to correspond to some level of government.  Thanks! Grover cleveland (talk) 20:39, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added a stub section on local government, based on what I could discover from poking around other Wikipedia pages.  Please correct if wrong!  Thanks. Grover cleveland (talk) 20:58, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Government