Royal County Down Golf Club is a golf club in Northern Ireland, located in Newcastle, County Down. It opened on 23 March 1889 and is one of the oldest golf clubs in Ireland. It has two 18-hole links courses, the Championship Course and the Annesley Links. Significant tournaments. Royal County Down has made outstanding contributions to Irish ...

Dromore (from Irish: Droim Mór, meaning 'large ridge') is a small market town and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland.It lies within the local government district of Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon.It is 19 miles (31 km) southwest of Belfast, on the A1 Belfast–Dublin road. The 2011 Census recorded a population of 6,003.. The town's centre is Market Square, …

"Star of the County Down" is an Irish ballad set near Banbridge in County Down, in Northern Ireland.The words are by Cathal MacGarvey (1866–1927) from Ramelton, County Donegal. MacGarvey's song was first collected in Herbert Hughes Irish Country Songs.The tune is traditional, and may be known as "Dives and Lazarus" or (as a hymn tune) "Kingsfold".The …

Bangor (/ ˈ b æ ŋ ɡ ər / BANG-gər; from Irish: Beannchar [ˈbʲaːn̪ˠəxəɾˠ]) is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland.It is a seaside resort on the southern side of Belfast Lough and within the Belfast Metropolitan Area.It functions as a commuter town for the Greater Belfast area, which it is linked to by the A2 road and the Belfast–Bangor railway line.

Newcastle (Irish: An Caisleán Nua) is a small seaside resort town in County Down, Northern Ireland, which had a population of 7,672 at the 2011 Census.It lies by the Irish Sea at the foot of Slieve Donard, the highest of the Mourne Mountains.Newcastle is known for its sandy beach, forests (Donard Forest and Tollymore Forest Park), and mountains.The town lies within the …

Note – Despite the fact that Belfast is the capital of Northern Ireland, it is not the county town of any county. Greater Belfast straddles two counties (Antrim and Down).UK county towns post 19th-century reforms. With the creation of elected county councils in 1889 the location of administrative headquarters in some cases moved away from the traditional county town.

Washington commonly refers to: . Washington (state), United States Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States Federal government of the United States (metonym); Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered on Washington, D.C.; George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States; Washington may also refer to:

Tyne and Wear (/ ˌ t aɪ n ... ˈ w ɪər /) is a metropolitan county in North East England, situated around the mouths of the rivers Tyne and Wear.It was created in 1974, by the Local Government Act 1972, along with five metropolitan boroughs of Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland, North Tyneside and South Tyneside.It is bordered by Northumberland to the north and Durham …

The Battle of Athens (sometimes called the McMinn County War) was a rebellion led by citizens in Athens and Etowah, Tennessee, United States, against the local government in August 1946.The citizens, including some World War II veterans, accused the local officials of predatory policing, police brutality, political corruption, and voter intimidation

County Route 77 is the north-south road along the west side of Lake Montauk. ... Construction began in 1834 and the turnpike opened on March 29, 1837. The toll company shut down in 1905, and the toll houses were torn down in 1909. The road was acquired by Suffolk County on November 10, 1948. Major intersections. Location mi km