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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. It is in the civil parish of Newtownards and the historic baronies of Ards Lower and Castlereagh Lower. [4]
Scrabo Tower is a 135 feet (41 m) high 19th-century lookout tower or folly that stands on Scrabo Hill near Newtownards in County Down, Northern Ireland.It provides wide views and is a landmark that can be seen from afar.
This is a list of placenames in Scotland that have been applied to parts of Canada by Scottish emigrants or explorers.. For Nova Scotian names in Scottish Gaelic (not necessarily the same as the English versions) see Canadian communities with Scottish Gaelic speakers and Scottish Gaelic placenames in Canada
Scrabo Tower overlooks Newtownards and the northern end of the Ards Peninsula. Mount Stewart, an 18th-century house and garden owned by the National Trust near Greyabbey. It was the home of the Vane-Tempest-Stewart family, Marquesses of Londonderry. Grey Abbey, a ruined Cistercian abbey.
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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.
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 building was commissioned by Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry to be the centre of the market town, a role previously undertaken by Newtownards Priory. [2] It was designed by Ferdinando Stratford in a Grecian-Doric style and built of Scrabo stone between 1767 and 1771.