Apr 15, 2008
Antiquities
As typical of the dol- mens of Co. Down (Accommodation, Down, Ireland) the structure known as the Sliddery- ford dolmen at Newcastle may be mentioned. It is situated in a field close to the road from Dundrum to Newcastle, within 1 1/2 miles of Dundrum. The dolmen stands about 9 ft. high, and the granite [...]
Antiquities
As typical of the dol- mens of Co. Down (Accommodation, Down, Ireland) the structure known as the Sliddery- ford dolmen at Newcastle may be mentioned. It is situated in a field close to the road from Dundrum to Newcastle, within 1 1/2 miles of Dundrum. The dolmen stands about 9 ft. high, and the granite cap-stone, which measures 8 ft. by 7 1/2 ft., is 3 1/2 ft. thick. A little distance from the dolmen is a large pillar stone measuring 11 ... Read More
Apr 15, 2008
Architecture(now portion of the Cathedral) of Downpatrick; and Newtownards Priory. Grey Abbey, situated in the village of Grey Abbey, on Strangford Lough, Co. Down, the most picturesque of the ecclesiastical buildings remaining in the province, was founded in a.d. 1193 by Affreca, the wife of John de Courcy, and colonised by Cistercian monks from the [...]
Architecture(now portion of the Cathedral) of Downpatrick; and Newtownards Priory. Grey Abbey, situated in the village of Grey Abbey, on Strangford Lough, Co. Down, the most picturesque of the ecclesiastical buildings remaining in the province, was founded in a.d. 1193 by Affreca, the wife of John de Courcy, and colonised by Cistercian monks from the Abbey of Holm Cultram in Cumberland. It was dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Its Irish name was Mainistir Liath the Grey Monastery ; in early records it ... Read More
Apr 15, 2008
County Down (Accommodation, Down, Ireland) was ruled by the Gaelic ONeil clan until King James I partitioned the territory between James Hamilton and Hugh Montgomery
Co. Down
Co. Down (Self Catering, Down, Ireland) is a low, fertile and singularly hummocky area. Two-fifths of it are under crops-an unusually large proportion. The continuity of its small well-tilled fields [...]
County Down (Accommodation, Down, Ireland) was ruled by the Gaelic ONeil clan until King James I partitioned the territory between James Hamilton and Hugh Montgomery
Co. Down
Co. Down (Self Catering, Down, Ireland) is a low, fertile and singularly hummocky area. Two-fifths of it are under crops-an unusually large proportion. The continuity of its small well-tilled fields is broken by the fine group of the Mourne mountains in the south, the lower upland of Slieve Croob, in the centre, and by the large land-locked ... Read More
