Editing Downpatrick (section)

==People==
See ''[[:Category:People from Downpatrick]]''
* [[Trevor Carson]], Northern Ireland international football team goalkeeper.
* [[Maurice Hayes]], the former [[Northern Ireland Ombudsman]], Chairman of the Ireland Funds and Taoiseach-appointed Senator in [[Seanad Éireann]].
* [[Conor Hazard]], Northern Ireland international goalkeeper who currently plays for [[Plymouth Argyle F.C.|Plymouth Argyle]].
* [[E. Neville Isdell]], former chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company.
* [[William Johnston (Irish politician)|William Johnston]] of Ballykilbeg (1829–1902), MP for Belfast, [[Orange Order|Orangeman]], [[Tenant-right|tenant righter]] and [[Women's suffrage|women's suffragist.]] 
* [[Patrick Kielty]], attended (St. Patrick's Grammar) school in Downpatrick.
* [[Miles Kington]], journalist, musician and broadcaster born in Downpatrick.
* [[George Lowden]], custom guitar maker, based in Downpatrick
* [[Aodh Mac Cathmhaoil]] (1571–1629), poet, [[Franciscan]] theologian and [[Archbishop of Armagh]]
* [[Colin McGrath]], South Down [[Social Democratic and Labour Party|SDLP]] MLA, Chairman and party Chief Whip.
* [[Lynn C. Doyle]], pseudonym of Leslie Alexander Montgomery (1873–1961), comic writer and playwright born in Downpatrick.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Montgomery, Leslie Alexander |url=https://doi.org/10.3318/dib.005905.v1 |website=[[Dictionary of Irish Biography]] |publisher=Royal Irish Academy |doi=10.3318/dib.005905.v1 |access-date=14 February 2024}}</ref>
* [[Colin Murphy (comedian)|Colin Murphy]], comedian.
* [[Margaret Ritchie, Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick|The Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick]], a former [[Social Democratic and Labour Party|SDLP]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]] and a former minister in the [[Northern Ireland Executive]].
* [[Thomas Russell (rebel)|Thomas Russell]] (1767–1803) [[Society of United Irishmen|United Irishman]] executed at Down County Gaol following [[Robert Emmet]]'s [[Irish rebellion of 1803|Rebellion in 1803]]. He is honoured in the name of the local GAA.
* [[Robert Scott (VC recipient)|Robert Scott]] (1874–1961) [[Second Boer War]] [[Victoria Cross]] recipient
* [[Francis Sheehy-Skeffington]], writer and radical activist, was raised in Downpatrick.<ref> Maume, Patrick ‘Francis Sheehy-Skeffington 1878–1916’ in ''1916 Portraits and Lives'' (Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, 2015), p. 302.</ref>

* [[Tim Wheeler]], lead singer of rock band [[Ash (band)|Ash]].