About County Down
County Down is one of Northern Ireland's 6 counties, bordered by Armagh and Antrim. One of the county's most prominent features is the Ards Peninsula, famed for its sandy beaches. Down's county town is Downpatrick and it is here that St Patrick built his first church and where Downpatrick Cathedral now stands. Saint Patrick is buried here, at a spot marked by a bolder with the inscription Patric. By the seaside town of Newcastle is another of County Down's prominent features, the famous Mourne Mountains. These distinctive rolling granite mountains form twelve summits rising above 2,000ft, the tallest Slieve Donard, is