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Newtownards (/ ˌ n juː t ən ˈ ɑːr d z /; Irish: Baile Nua na hArda [1]) is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies at the most northern tip of Strangford Lough , 10 miles (16 km) east of Belfast , on the Ards Peninsula .
Newtownards Priory was a medieval Dominican priory founded by the Savage family around 1244 in the village of Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland.Only the lower parts of the nave and two blocked doors in the south wall leading to a demolished cloister, survive from the period of the priory's foundation.
At about 04:00 he was found dead in his Riley roadster in Mill Street, Newtownards, reportedly having collided with a farmer's vehicle. [46] [44] At his funeral, hundreds turned out to pay their respects before his burial in the Mayne family plot at Old Movilla Abbey churchyard. [47]
Newtownards Aerodrome (ICAO: EGAD) ... The club was founded in 1961 and grew to become Northern Ireland's largest flying school and one of the largest, non-commercial ...
A club of the same name was in existence from 1938 to 1965, but the present club was founded in 1967, and joined the Amateur League in 1979, winning the Junior Cup in the same season. [1] Originally from Bangor, County Down, the club is now based at the Drome in Newtownards. [2]
Newtownards is a civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic baronies of Ards Lower and Castlereagh Lower. [1] Settlements.
The Newtownards Chronicle, (formally The Newtownards Chronicle & Co. Down Observer) established in 1873, is a local weekly newspaper based in Newtownards, Northern Ireland, serving the communities of Ards, Ards peninsula, Comber, Dundonald and the Greater Ards area. It is published on Thursdays.
Ards was a county constituency comprising the town of Newtownards, the Ards peninsula and the town of Donaghadee.It was created in 1929 when the House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 introduced first past the post elections throughout Northern Ireland.