Downpatrick
Downpatrick (from Irish: Dún Pádraig, indicating "Patrick's garrison") [4] is a town concerning 33 km (21 mi) south of Belfast in County Down, Northern Ireland. It has been an essential site because old times. Its cathedral is stated to be the tomb of Saint Patrick. Today, it is the county town of Down and also the joint head office of Newry, Mourne and also Down District Council. Downpatrick had a population of 10,822 according to the 2011 Census. As the largest community in the Lecale location, Downpatrick is a business, leisure and administrative center for the area and also serves as a center for the nearby communities and towns. Within a 30 minutes drive from Belfast, the location serves as a commuter community for a a great deal of people. The town has a number of main and also post-primary schools enlightening trainees from throughout the east Down area. Downpatrick is likewise famous because its background of St Patrick, even though the community had been called after him, it is thought during the fifth century he had actually resided in Downpatrick and is presently buried in Down Cathedral. Downpatrick is characterised by the rolling drumlins that are an attribute of the Lecale area as well as a heritage of glaciation during the Pleistocene, the Down drumlins themselves are underlaid by Ordovician and Silurian shales as well as grits. Its lowest point exists within the marshland bordering the north eastern of the town, videotaped as being 1.3 ft (0.40 m) below sea level. Downpatrick is roughly 22 miles (35 km) from Belfast and has a regular bus solution to the city.
