RHH's photos with the keyword: county down

According to tradition Saint Patrick returned to Ireland through the narrow of Strangford Lough and landed where the River Slaney enters the Lough.

If you look at the picture in a larger size you can see Saul Church and its round tower in the center of the picture. There is a picture of this church else where in my photostream. This church traditionally marks the place where Saint Patrick built his first church.

These are the Mountains of Mourne that "sweep down to the sea" in the well-known Irish song.

This statue of St. Patrick is on a hill near the place where St. Patrick began his work as a missionary to the Irish.

County Down, Northern Ireland.

This is one of the places that claims to have Saint Patrick's grave and there is a large rock in the graveyard with his name on it, but several other locations make the same claim.

The ruins of Greyabbey are in the town of the same name on the east shore of Strangford Lough in Northern Ireland. "Grey Abbey is a ruined Cistercian priory in the village of Greyabbey, County Down, Northern Ireland, currently maintained by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency.... Grey Abbey was founded in 1193 by John de Courcy's wife, Affreca, as a daughter house of Holmcultram Abbey in Cumbria. It had declined by the late Middle Ages and was dissolved in 1541. In the early 17th century it was granted to Sir Hugh Montgomery and the nave was refurbished and used for parish worship until the late 18th century."

This is a little different version of a picture I posted a few days ago. It shows the same location on the Lecale Peninsula, County Down, Northern Ireland, but from a slightly different angle and with a little more of the rainbow visible.

St. Patrick Memorial Church in Saul, County Down, Northern Ireland, marks the place where St. Patrick is supposed to have begun his work as a missionary to the Irish, and the place where he later died.