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County in Northern Ireland
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County Down is one of the six counties of Ulster that comprise Northern Ireland. It contains part of Belfast, the capital and transport hub, so most visitors to the province are destined to pass through. It's worth taking the extra time to explore the Victorian resorts east along the coast, the religious centre of Downpatrick, and the scenic Mourne Mountains.
Belfast is the transport hub, with two airports (City or George Best just east, with mostly UK flights, and International or Aldergrove 20 miles west, with European plus some UK flights), ferries from Stranraer,…
Read in the guideFrequent trains run from Portadown and Lisburn across Belfast to Holywood and Bangor. The trains from Dublin also stop in Newry, as do some of the buses.
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