Downpatrick
Downpatrick (from Irish: Dún Pádraig, meaning "Patrick's fortress") [4] is a town concerning 33 km (21 mi) southern of Belfast in County Down, Northern Ireland. It has been a crucial site given that ancient times. Its cathedral is stated to be the burial place of Saint Patrick. Today, it is the county town of Down and also the joint headquarters 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 area, Downpatrick is a commercial, leisure as well as management center for the region as well as serves as a center for the close-by towns and towns. Within a thirty minutes drive from Belfast, the place works as a traveler community for a large number of people. The town has a variety of key as well as post-primary institutions enlightening pupils from all over the east Down location. Downpatrick is additionally renowned due to the fact that its background of St Patrick, although the community had been called after him, it is believed during the 5th century he had resided in Downpatrick and also is presently buried in Down Cathedral. Downpatrick is characterised by the rolling drumlins that are a feature of the Lecale area as well as a tradition of glaciation during the Pleistocene, the Down drumlins themselves are underlaid by Ordovician and also Silurian shales as well as grits. Its floor exists within the marshland surrounding the north east of the town, tape-recorded as being 1.3 feet (0.40 m) below sea level. Downpatrick is approximately 22 miles (35 kilometres) from Belfast as well as has a regular bus service to the city.