Editing County Down (section)

===Places of interest===
[[File:King John's Castle Carlingford - geograph.org.uk - 985692.jpg|thumbnail|King John's Castle on [[Carlingford Lough]].]]
* [[Saint Patrick]] is reputed to be buried at [[Down Cathedral]] in [[Downpatrick]], reputedly alongside St. Brigid and St. Columcille.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kearcsadmin|title=St. Brigid's Day|url=http://www.kildarearchsoc.ie/st-brigids-day/|website=County Kildare Archaeological Society|access-date=6 July 2017|archive-date=28 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171128030249/http://www.kildarearchsoc.ie/st-brigids-day/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Saul, County Down]] (from the Irish: Sabhall meaning "Barn") – where Saint Patrick said his first eucharist in Ireland
* The city of [[Newry]] in the south of the county contains St Patrick's ([[Church of Ireland]], 1578), overlooking the city centre from Church street, on the east side of the city, which is considered to be Ireland's first ever [[Protestant]] church.<ref>{{cite web|title=Saint Patrick's Church|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Saint-Patricks-Church-Newry-Northern-Ireland|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=6 July 2017|archive-date=12 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912023135/https://www.britannica.com/place/Saint-Patricks-Church-Newry-Northern-Ireland|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Newry Canal]] is also the first summit-level canal ever to be built in the [[British Isles]].
* [[Castlewellan Forest Park]].
* [[Cloughmore]] (The Big Stone), a 30-ton Granite boulder lies on the Slieve Martin Mountain Ridge approximately 1000&nbsp;ft. above [[Rostrevor]] village in [[Kilbroney Park]].
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* [[Ballynoe stone circle]] is an ancient site dating back approximately 5000 years to the late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age.
* Down is also home to [[Exploris]], the Northern Ireland Aquarium, located in [[Portaferry]], on the shores of Strangford Lough, on the Ards Peninsula.
* The Old Inn in [[Crawfordsburn]] is one of Ireland's oldest hostelries, with records dating back to 1614. It is predated however by Donaghadee's Grace Neill's which was opened in 1611. The Old inn claims that people who have stayed there include [[Jonathan Swift]], [[Dick Turpin]], [[Peter I of Russia|Peter the Great]], [[Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson|Lord Tennyson]], [[Charles Dickens]], [[Anthony Trollope]], former US president [[George H. W. Bush]], and [[C. S. Lewis]], who honeymooned there.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.theoldinn.com/ |title=Crawfordsburn Old Inn website |access-date=1 July 2006 |archive-date=5 July 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060705234111/http://www.theoldinn.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Tollymore Forest Park]] between [[Castlewellan]] and [[Newcastle, County Down|Newcastle]].
* [[Scrabo Tower]], in [[Newtownards]], was built as a memorial to [[Charles Stewart, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry]].
* An area of County Down is known as the Brontë Homeland (situated between [[Rathfriland]] and [[Banbridge]], where [[Patrick Brontë]] had his church.) Patrick Brontë (originally Brunty), father of [[Anne Brontë|Anne]], [[Charlotte Brontë|Charlotte]], [[Emily Brontë|Emily]] and [[Branwell Brontë|Branwell]], was born in this region.