Downpatrick
Downpatrick (from Irish: Dún Pádraig, implying "Patrick's stronghold") [4] is a small town regarding 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 tomb of Saint Patrick. Today, it is the county town of Down and also the joint head office of Newry, Mourne and 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 an industrial, leisure as well as administrative center for the region as well as serves as a hub for the close-by communities and also villages. Within a thirty minutes drive from Belfast, the area serves as a commuter community for a a great deal of people. The town has a number of key and post-primary institutions educating pupils from throughout the east Down area. Downpatrick is also well-known because its history of St Patrick, although the community had been called after him, it is thought during the 5th century he had stayed in Downpatrick and also is currently buried in Down Cathedral. Downpatrick is characterised by the rolling drumlins that are a feature of the Lecale area and also a tradition of glaciation throughout the Pleistocene, the Down drumlins themselves are underlaid by Ordovician as well as Silurian shales and also grits. Its floor lies within the marshland bordering the north eastern of the town, taped 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 normal bus solution to the city.
