Downpatrick
Downpatrick (from Irish: Dún Pádraig, indicating "Patrick's fortress") [4] is a small town regarding 33 km (21 mi) southern of Belfast in County Down, Northern Ireland. It has been a crucial site since old times. Its cathedral is said to be the tomb of Saint Patrick. Today, it is the county town of Down as well as the joint headquarters of Newry, Mourne as well as Down District Council. Downpatrick had a population of 10,822 according to the 2011 Census. As the largest town in the Lecale location, Downpatrick is a commercial, recreational as well as management center for the locality and functions as a center for the nearby towns as well as villages. Within a 30 minutes drive from Belfast, the area acts as a traveler town for a multitude of people. The town has a variety of main and also post-primary colleges enlightening students from around the east Down area. Downpatrick is also renowned because its background of St Patrick, although the town had actually been called after him, it is thought throughout the fifth century he had actually resided in Downpatrick as well as is currently hidden in Down Cathedral. Downpatrick is qualified by the rolling drumlins that are a feature of the Lecale location as well as a legacy of glaciation throughout the Pleistocene, the Down drumlins themselves are underlaid by Ordovician and Silurian shales and grits. Its lowest point exists within the marshland surrounding the north eastern of the community, taped as being 1.3 ft (0.40 m) listed below water level. Downpatrick is roughly 22 miles (35 kilometres) from Belfast and also has a regular bus solution to the city.
