Major’s Plantation

Places of Interest

Inch Abbey

Archaeological site

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Inch Abbey is a ruined Cistercian monastery on the outskirts of Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland. It was founded by John de Courcy in the 12th-century. It was dissolved in 1541.

Inch Abbey railway station

Railway station

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Inch Abbey railway station is a station on the Downpatrick and County Down Railway, a heritage railway in Northern Ireland. It is the terminus of the railway's North Line and serves Inch Abbey, a ruined monastery and local tourist attraction of Downpatrick notable for its use as a filming location in the HBO show Game of Thrones.

Quoile Castle

Ruins

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Quoile Castle is a castle situated 1.5 miles from Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland, just off the main road from Downpatrick to Strangford, on the east bank of the River Quoile.

Places in the Area

Downpatrick

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Downpatrick is a town in County Down in Northern Ireland, now governed as part of Newry, Mourne and Down District. It's best known as the place where St Patrick supposedly returned to Ireland, and his burial place, and the area is dotted with prehistoric and early Christian sites.

Crossgar

Village

Photo: Peter Benton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Crossgar is a village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is about 15 miles south of Belfast, between Saintfield and Downpatrick. Crossgar had a population 1,997 people in the 2021 UK Census.

Kilmore

Hamlet

Photo: Brian Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kilmore is a village, civil parish and townland of 149 acres in County Down, Northern Ireland, about 1 mile from Crossgar. It is situated in the historic baronies of Castlereagh Upper and Kinelarty.

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