08 Sep
Painter | Interior
Downpatrick - BT30
Enquiry from: Ciaran D
Start Date: Immediate
4.7 x 3M interior wall mural installed(and purchased if you sell)
Downpatrick
Downpatrick (from Irish: Dún Pádraig, implying "Patrick's stronghold") [4] is a town about 33 km (21 mi) southern of Belfast in County Down, Northern Ireland. It has been an important site since old times. Its cathedral is stated to be the tomb of Saint Patrick. Today, it is the county town of Down as well as the joint head office of Newry, Mourne as well as Down District Council. Downpatrick had a population of 10,822 according to the 2011 Census. As the largest town in the Lecale area, Downpatrick is a commercial, recreational and also management center for the region and also works as a hub for the neighboring communities and towns. Within a 30 minutes drive from Belfast, the location serves as a traveler community for a a great deal of people. The community has a variety of primary as well as post-primary schools educating students from all over the east Down location. Downpatrick is likewise popular since its background of St Patrick, despite the fact that the community had been named after him, it is thought throughout the 5th century he had lived in Downpatrick and also is currently hidden in Down Cathedral. Downpatrick is qualified by the rolling drumlins that are a feature of the Lecale area and also a tradition of glaciation during the Pleistocene, the Down drumlins themselves are underlaid by Ordovician as well as Silurian shales and grits. Its lowest point lies within the marshland bordering the north east of the town, recorded as being 1.3 ft (0.40 m) listed below sea level. Downpatrick is about 22 miles (35 km) from Belfast and also has a regular bus service to the city.
