Above: View in Ulster

County Down lies east of Armagh , on the shores of the Irish Sea. The coast is deeply indented at Belfast Lough, Strangford Lough, and Carlingford Lough. Strangford Lough is almost enclosed by land.

The Mourne Mountains, which extend for about fifteen miles across the south-east of the county, rise direct from the sea-shore. The chief rivers are the Bann and the Lagan.

Downpatrick, the county town, on Strangford Lough, derives its name from St. Patrick, who was buried here in 493. He was a native of Britain, and one of the first Christian missionaries to Ireland .

Above: View In Ulster

county antrim, on the north-east coast, washed by the North Channel, is that part of Ireland nearest to Scotland. From shore to shore the distance is only about twelve miles. The coast of Antrim (Hotels, Antrim, Ireland) is broken into a number of fine cliffs, part of which form the famous Giants’ Causeway. On the coast are Kathlin Island, Fair Head, and Belfast Lough.

The surface is high and rugged, with mountains running down to the sea, forming grand scenery. Lough Neagh borders the south-west of the county, and the river Bann forms the western boundary.

Above: East Coast in Ireland

On the east coast is the Irish Sea, almost surrounded by land, and having all the countries of the British Islands on its shores. It is joined to the Atlantic by St. George’s Channel on the south, and by the North Channel on the north. Belfast Lough, between County Antrim and County Down, has a great deal of shipping traffic, starting from Belfast, both for Scotland and England.

Strangford Lough, in County Down , is a wide and shallow inland sea readied by a
narrow strait.