History of County Down

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 84. Chapters: Archaeological sites in County Down, Castles in County Down, Lord-Lieutenants of Down, Military history of County Down, Politics of County Down, The Troubles in County Down, Maze, Ards, North Down, Miami Showband killings, South Down, Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, Strangford, Upper Bann, Lagan Valley, Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry, Warrenpoint ambush, Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry, Loughinisland massacre, Nendrum Monastery, North Down by-election, 1995, Inch Abbey, Banbridge, Hillsborough Castle, Iveagh, Mourne, Killyleagh Castle, East Down, Newry and Mourne District Council, Struell Wells, Lisburn City Council, North Down Borough Council, RAF Ballyhalbert, West Down, Audley's Castle, 1985 Newry mortar attack, Downpatrick, Antrim, Frederick Stewart, 4th Marquess of Londonderry, Bangor, Castlereagh, Ballynoe Stone Circle, Mid Down, Dundrum Castle, Audleystown Court Cairn, Loughinisland Churches, Battle of Saintfield, Newtownards, Jordan's Castle, High Sheriff of Down, Lisnagade Fort, Battle of Ballynahinch, Down District Council, Larkfield, Kilclief Castle, Break of Dromore, Derry Churches, Annadorn Dolmen, The Troubles in Newry, Ardglass Castle, Francis Needham, 4th Earl of Kilmorey, Quoile Castle, Narrow Water Castle, Goward Dolmen, RAF Bishopscourt, Roland Nugent, Black Pig's Dyke, Grey Abbey, Clough Castle, Legananny Dolmen, Ardtole Church, Clandeboye, Movilla Abbey, Strangford Castle, Loughbrickland Crannóg, White House, County Down, The Troubles in Lisburn, Quintin Castle, Newry and Armagh by-election, 1986, Holywood Priory, Portaferry Castle, Bangor Abbey, 86th Regiment of Foot, The Troubles in Ballykinler, Kirkistown Castle, Cloughmore, Battle for the Body of St. Patrick, Arthur Hill, 3rd Marquess of Downshire, Newtownards Priory, Ballyfounder Rath, The Troubles in Gilford, Cowd Castle, Margaret's Castle, Battle of Druim Dearg, Ballinran Court Tomb, Sketrick Castle, Greencastle, County Down, Somme Heritage Centre, The Troubles in Downpatrick, RAF Kirkistown, Bright Castle, Palace Barracks, Holywood, Bangor Castle, RNAS Ballyhalbert, King's Castle, Ballyalton Court Cairn, Nendrum Monastery mill, The Troubles in Ballynahinch, The Troubles in Mayobridge, The Troubles in Poyntzpass, The Troubles in Strangford, The Troubles in Dromore, The Troubles in Rostrevor, The Troubles in Castlewellan, 3rd Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment. Excerpt: North Down is a Parliamentary Constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. The current MP is Sylvia Hermon, elected as an Independent in the 2010 General Election. (Hermon had previously represented the constituency on behalf of the Ulster Unionist Party.) The county constituency was first created in 1885 from the northern part of Down. From the dissolution of Parliament in 1922, it was merged back into that constituency. The seat was re-created in 1950 when the old Down two MP constituency was abolished as part of the final move to single member seats. Originally the seat consisted of most of the northern parts of County Down, with the south included in South Down. In January 1980, the Boundary Commission's original proposals suggested significantly reducing the size of the constituency and renaming it 'Loughside' on the grounds that this would avoid confusion in the event of borough council elections being held on the same day. As a result, in 1983 the se...