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The Lodge, Old Newry Road, Ballyvally, Banbridge, County Down House Banbridge B+ HB17/06/019: Upload Photo. Crozier House, 15 Church Square, Banbridge, County Down (AKA Avonmore House) House Banbridge B+ HB17/07/009: Crozier Monument, Church Square, Banbridge, County Down Memorial Banbridge B+ HB17/07/011: 25 Sentry Box Road, Ballynafoy ...
This compared to a mean Northern Ireland per-capita spend of £7.70, putting Banbridge District in 22nd place out of the 26 local councils. [17] By 2006–2007, the mean per-capita spending on the arts by the council had risen to £3.38, but this compared to a Northern Ireland average of £8.44, putting the council at fifth from the bottom of ...
County Down is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland. County Down is bordered by County Antrim to the north, the Irish Sea to the east, County Armagh to the west and County Louth in the Republic of Ireland across Carlingford Lough to the southwest. This list shows towns and cities in bold.
Banbridge (/ b æ n ˈ b r ɪ dʒ / ban-BRIJ, [2] Irish: Droichead na Banna pronounced [d̪ˠɾˠɪçəd̪ˠ n̪ˠə ˈbˠan̪ˠə] [3]) is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland.It lies on the River Bann and the A1 road and is named after a bridge built over the River Bann in 1712.
The area was advanced to the status of an urban district with the town hall as its headquarters in 1899. [6] The town hall continued to serve as the meeting place of Banbridge Urban District Council for much of the 20th century but ceased to be the local seat of government when the enlarged Banbridge District Council was established at Avonmore ...
The Down County Board administers Gaelic games in the county. Down is the most successful team north of the border in terms of All-Ireland Senior Football Championships won with five (1960, 1961, 1968, 1991 and 1994) in total. In terms of Ulster, they share that accolade with Cavan who also have 5 titles.
Kinallen (from Irish Cionn Álainn, meaning 'beautiful headland') [1] [2] is a small village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is four miles from Dromore and two miles from Dromara. The village has a shop, Post Office, Day Care center, Fair Hill Primary school and Nursery Unit, and an Orange Hall.
The entire system of local government in Northern Ireland was overhauled by the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972, which replaced the county boroughs, administrative counties, urban districts, and rural districts with 26 local government districts. The new system came into effect on 1 October 1973.