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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 .
Election First member First party Second member Second party 1613 George Conyngham, Loghriscoll : James Cathcart, Ballenyane : 1634 Hugh Montgomery, Master of the Ardes Edward Trevor
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
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.
Comber (from Irish An Comar, meaning 'the confluence' / ˈ k ʌ m (b) ər /, CUM-ber, locally cummer) [2] [3] is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies 5 miles (8 km) south of Newtownards, at the northern end of Strangford Lough. It is situated in the townland of Town Parks, the civil parish of Comber and the historic barony of ...
The A20 is a road in County Down in Northern Ireland.It runs from Belfast to Newtownards and on to Portaferry.. Beginning as the Newtownards Road at the junction of Bridge End close to Belfast city centre, the road runs in an easterly direction through east Belfast.
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.
Newtownards forms part of the Strangford constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament. It was created for the 1985 local elections, where it contained seven wards (Bradshaw's Brae, Central, Glen, Loughries, Movilla, Scrabo and Whitespots).