County Down

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County Down is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It covers an area of 961 sq mi (2,490 km²) and has a population of 552,261. It borders County Antrim to the north, the Irish Sea to the east, County Armagh to the west, and County Louth across Carlingford Lough to the southwest.

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Police arrest four people after bus was hijacked and set on fire in County Down Police in Northern Ireland have arrested four people nearly two weeks after a bus was hijacked and set on fire in County Down. Sky News - Published on November 12, 2021
31.2C! N Ireland hits hottest temperature on record - as UK bakes in mini-heatwave Northern Ireland has recorded what is thought to be its hottest temperature ever - with the mercury hitting 31.2C (88.1F) in County Down. Sky News - Published on July 17, 2021
'Peace or protocol?': Loyalist protesters say the government has a choice to make They were beating the drums so hard in Newtownards, County Down, you could almost have heard them in Downing Street. Sky News - Published on June 19, 2021