Portaferry (from Irish Port a' Pheire, meaning "landing place of the ferry") is a small town in County Down, Northern Ireland, at the southern end of the Ards Peninsula, near the Narrows at the entrance to Strangford Lough. It has an aquarium and is well known for the annual Galway Hookers Regatta. It hosts its own small Marina, the Portaferry Marina. A passenger/car ferry service operates daily at 15-minute intervals (8am to 11pm) between the villages of Portaferry and Strangford, less than a mile apart, conveying about 500,000 passengers per annum. It had a population of 2,514 people in the 2011 Census.
Population: 2,525
Latitude: 54° 22' 51.10" N
Longitude: -5° 32' 44.48" W
Annadorn Dolmen is a dolmen sited at the Buck's Head near Loughinisland, in the townland of Annadorn. Nearby you can find the old Annadorn school and post office in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the north-east shore of Loughinisland Lake, …
In Northern Ireland, the A7 is a major trunk road running some 16 miles (26 km) from Downpatrick, through Crossgar and Saintfield, to Carryduff.
Tievenadarragh (from Irish Taobh an Doire, meaning "hillside of the oak wood") is a townland at Loughinisland, County Down, Northern Ireland. The townland contains the Loughinisland Churches, the remains of three ruined churches dating from the 13th…
This is a list of windmills in County Down, Northern Ireland.
Castle Espie is a wetland reserve managed by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) on the banks of Strangford Lough, three miles south of Comber, County Down, Northern Ireland, in the townland of the same name. It is part of the Strangford Lough Ram…
Ballynoe may refer to the following places in Ireland:
Ballyalton Court Cairn is a single court grave situated on a rock outcrop by the roadside 0.5 miles from Ballyalton village, which is 2.25 miles east of Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland, at grid ref 531 448. The tomb contained human bones,…
Audleystown Court Cairn is a dual court grave situated near the south shore of Strangford Lough, north-west of Castle Ward, 1.75 miles from Strangford village in County Down, Northern Ireland, at grid ref: 562 504).
Ardglass Marina, also known as Phennick Cove Marina, is situated in Ardglass, County Down, one of three major fishing ports in Northern Ireland.
Annacloy River is a river in County Down, Northern Ireland, which rises in the Dromara Hills and flows into Strangford Lough.
The A21 is a road in County Down in Northern Ireland.
The White House is a ruined 17th century dwelling house at Ballyspurge, near Cloghy, County Down, Northern Ireland on the Ards Peninsula. It is situated about one mile (1.2 km) south-east of Cloghy, overlooking Slanes Bay.
Saintfield High School is a secondary school in Saintfield, County Down, Northern Ireland that teaches compulsory education up to GCSE level. It was established in 1958 and has about 350 students. Vivien Watt is the current Principal of the school.
Portaferry Marina is situated in Portaferry, on the east shore of The Narrows (separating Portaferry and Strangford villages), the gateway to Strangford Lough, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is owned and managed by Portaferry Regeneration, is sit…
Killyleagh was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. It was named for the village of Killyleagh.
Ballynahinch River is a river in County Down, Northern Ireland. The Ballynahinch River, flowing east through Ballynahinch, and the Carson's Dam River, flowing south through Crossgar, join at Kilmore, and the united stream is called the Annacloy Rive…
Ardtole Church (Ulster Scots: Ardtole Kirk) is a 15th-century ruined church standing on a hilltop overlooking the Irish Sea and the Isle of Man, 0.75 miles (1.2 km) north-east of the town of Ardglass in County Down, Northern Ireland, at grid ref: J5…