This site is for those of us whose antecedents, originated in County Down, Northern Ireland, close to where the Mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea and includes the settlements of Ardglass, Ballynahinch, Banbridge, Dromore, Hillsborough, Loughbrickland, Magheradrool, Newcastle, Newry, Newtownards, Saintfield, Seapatrick