What is Downpatrick?
'''Downpatrick''' ({{Irish derived place name|Dún Pádraig|[[Saint Patrick|Patrick's]] stronghold}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.logainm.ie/120017.aspx |title=Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann – Placenames Database of Ireland |publisher=logainm.ie |date=13 December 2010 |access-date=2 October 2012}}</ref> is a small town about {{convert|21|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of [[Belfast]] in [[County Down]], [[Northern Ireland]]. [[Down Cathedral|Its cathedral]] is said to be the burial place of [[Saint Patrick]]. Downpatrick had a population of 10,822 according to the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 Census]].<ref name=Census2011>{{cite web | url = https://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/AreaProfileReportViewer.aspx?FromAPAddressMulipleRecords=Downpatrick@Exact%20match%20of%20location%20name:%20@Exact%20Match%20Of%20Location%20Name:%20%20Downpatrick@23? | title = Census 2011 Population Statistics for Downpatrick Settlement | publisher = [[Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency]] (NISRA) | access-date = 10 August 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:County towns in Northern Ireland]] [[Category:County Down]] {{multistub|geo|UK}} {{authority control}}