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Features: Irish Counties & Surnames - County Down

Coastline at Bloody Bridge, Newcastle, County Down by Ardfern
Coastline at Bloody Bridge, Newcastle, County Down, © 2010, Ardfern
COUNTY DOWN

Irish Name: An Dún
Nickname: Mourne Country
Motto: Absque Labore Nihil (Nothing Without Labour)
County Town: Downpatrick
Province: Ulster
Region: Northern Ireland

Tartan: The County Down tartan is a traditional plaid pattern in brown and orange, with gray and sky blue accents. It was designed by Polly Kitteridge for the house of Edgar in 1997. (Reproduction rights restricted to House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.)

  • County Down Tartan

County Down Common Surnames

Common Surnames (Ireland Census):
Bell, Boyd, Brown, Campbell, Graham, Hamilton, Johnston, Martin, Murray, Paterson, Robinson, Scott, Smith, Thompson, Wilson

Common Surnames (Irish Emigrants):
Ferguson, Fitzsimmons, Graham, Heaney, Jordan, Kelly, Little, McCartan, McConnell, McGuffin, Murphy, Murray, Robinson, Wallace

Next page: County Dublin

References: The counties of Ireland and their nicknames, 2019, Aidan Lonergan, The Irish Post; Surname Connections to the Irish Counties, RootsWeb, 2007; Irish Surnames and Their Counties, A Letter From Ireland, 2016; Counties of Ireland, Wikipedia, The Scottish Register of Tartans.
Photo credits: (Header) County Down tartan pattern © 1997, House of Edgar, Perth Scotland; used with express permission from House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.; (Featured) Coastline at Bloody Bridge, Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland, 2010, Ardfern, used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 3.0, (Related Resources) Island of Ireland location map, © 2010, NordNordWest, used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 3.0. Edited by Susan Wallace.
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