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unusual facts about North Down



Seán Neeson

Neeson's election represented a notable geographic shift as his three predecessors (Alderdice, John Cushnahan and Oliver Napier) had all had political bases in the strip incorporating the East Belfast and North Down constituencies, whereas Neeson's political base was in County Antrim, to the north of Belfast.

Sheelagh Murnaghan

When her seat was abolished, she failed to win North Down at the 1969 Northern Ireland general election, and was also unsuccessful in Belfast South at the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1973.

Ulster Hospital

The hospital provides acute services to 250,000 people in the North Down, Ards and Castlereagh council areas, as well as east Belfast.


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Edward Bingham

Bingham's Victoria Cross was auctioned by Sotheby's in 1983 and was purchased by the North Down Borough Council, County Down, who outbid a Canadian millionaire.

Giovanni Marchese di Provera

In the fourth attempt to relieve Mantua, Alvinczi led the main Austrian effort from the north, down the Adige River valley.

New Zealand State Highway 65

It is 71 km long and runs south to north down the Maruia river valley from SH 7 at Springs Junction, 15 km west of the main divide at the Lewis Pass, to SH 6 in the Buller Gorge, 11 km west of Murchison.

Otford

The village is located on the River Darent, flowing north down its valley from its source on the North Downs.

Robert Nixon

Robert Samuel Nixon (1909–1998), MP in the Northern Ireland Parliament for North Down

Stefan Vojislav

Thus, by 1040 his state stretched in the coastal region from Ston in the north, down to his capital, Skadar, set up along the southern banks of the Skadar Lake, with other courts set up in Trebinje, Kotor and Bar.