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Downpatrick (sh)




Town (pop., 1991: 10,113), seat of Down district, Northern Ireland.

It is on the southwestern end of Strangford Lough. Formerly a MacDunleary stronghold, it was seized in 1177 by the Anglo-Norman adventurer John de Courci and served as his headquarters until 1203. St. Patrick is reputedly buried on the grounds of its cathedral.