Downpatrick

Irish �D�n P�draig� town and seat, Down district (established 1973), formerly in County Down, Northern Ireland. Downpatrick is located where the River Quoil� broadens into its estuary in Strangford Lough (inlet of the sea). The town takes its name from d�n (fortress) and from its association with St. Patrick. It is the Dun-da-leth-glas (Fortress of the Two Broken Fetters) of Irish chroniclers. Formerly