Bangor (/ˈbæŋɡər/ BANG-gər; from Irish Beannchar [ˈbʲaːn̪ˠəxəɾˠ]) is a city and seaside resort in County Down, Northern Ireland, on the southern side...
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Bangor Abbey was established by Saint Comgall in 558 in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland and was famous for its learning and austere rule. It is...
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Scotia Bangor, Saskatchewan Bangor, Prince Edward Island Bangor, County Down Bangor railway station (Northern Ireland) Bangor (Northern Ireland Parliament...
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IRA Time Power Unit (TPU). Woolworths' store at 18/22 Main Street, Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland (Store No. 380) was targeted by terrorists on 30...
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Bangor Football Club is a semi-professional Irish League football club playing in the NIFL Championship. The club, founded in 1918, hails from Bangor...
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The list included three in County Down: Holywood, Newcastle, and Strangford. The county has two cities: Newry and Bangor. The latter is the more recent...
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Estate, Bangor, County Down Drenagh, Limavady, County Londonderry Mount Stewart, Newtownards, County Down Rowallane Garden, Saintfield, County Down Register...
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Belfast and Bangor was closed in the 1950s, although some of it has been restored near Downpatrick by a heritage line, the Downpatrick and County Down Railway...
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reorganisation in Northern Ireland to become North Down and Ards District Council. Its main town was Bangor, 12 miles east of Belfast with a population of...
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Edward Bingham (category People from Bangor, County Down)
The third son of Lord Clanmorris, Edward Bingham was born in Bangor Castle, County Down, Ireland. Educated at Arnold House and in HMS Britannia, he entered...
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Jason Barlow (category People from Bangor, County Down)
Jason Barlow is a motoring journalist and broadcaster from Northern Ireland. He began his television career in 1998, when he was approached to present...
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Aimee Richardson (category People from Bangor, County Down)
Thrones (2011–2012). Richardson was born on 29 December 1997 in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. Richardson's first major acting role was her portrayal...
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Stephen McWhirter (category People from Bangor, County Down)
Archdeacon of Killala and Achonry Incumbent Assumed office 2017 Personal details Born 1964 Bangor Abbey Spouse The Rev. Jennifer McWhirter Children 2...
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Bangor Bus and Rail Centre is a combined rail and bus interchange which serves the city of Bangor in County Down, Northern Ireland. The station in its...
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Diane Carson (category People from Bangor, County Down)
Celebrity MasterChef in 2024. Carson was born on 9 August 1960 in Bangor, County Down. Prior to appearing on television, Carson had worked as a drama and...
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Paul Tweed (category People from Bangor, County Down)
have their European headquarters in Ireland. Born in Bangor, County Down, Tweed attended Bangor Grammar School and Queen's University Belfast where he...
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Stuart McCloskey (category Sportspeople from Bangor, County Down)
defensive communication, and even attacking kicking." He grew up in Bangor, County Down, where his father, Wilson McCloskey, owned a landscaping business...
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John Elder (cricketer) (category Sportspeople from Bangor, County Down)
John Watson George Elder (born 16 August 1949) is a former Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, he made his debut...
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Saint Mirin (category People from Bangor, County Down)
Columba of Iona and disciple of Saint Comgall, he was prior of Bangor Abbey in County Down, Ireland before making his missionary voyage to Scotland. Much...
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William McWheeney (category People from Bangor, County Down)
VC DCM (1830 – 17 May 1866), also known as Mawhinney, was born in Bangor, County Down. He was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and...
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Colin Bateman (category People from Bangor, County Down)
screenwriter and former journalist from Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. Born on 13 June 1962, Bateman attended Bangor Grammar School leaving at 16 when...
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643574; -5.647796 Bangor Grammar School (The Grammar or B.G.S.), is a Northern Irish voluntary grammar school for boys in Bangor, County Down. It was founded...
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September 1972: The RHC left a bomb at a home on Oakwood Avenue, Bangor, County Down, but the device failed to detonate. 31 October 1972: The RHC shot...
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William Reid Clanny (category Military personnel from Bangor, County Down)
Irish physician and inventor of a safety lamp. Clanny was born in Bangor, County Down, Kingdom of Ireland. He trained as a physician at Edinburgh, and...
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marketing agency based in Connecticut, USA Primacy, a suburb of Bangor, County Down Primate (disambiguation) Primacy of Jerusalem (disambiguation) This...
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director. She was the artistic director of The Repertory Theatre in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland in the 1960s. Mason played Sarah Stevens, the mother...
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Viscount Bangor, of Castle Ward, in County Down, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. The title was created in January 1781 for Bernard Ward, 1st Baron...
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Alex Easton (category People from Bangor, County Down)
the North Down Policing Partnership. In January 2023, his parents, both in their 80s, were killed in a fire at their home in Bangor, County Down. Marsh,...
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Billy McCombe (category Sportspeople from Bangor, County Down)
former international rugby union player. McCombe played his club rugby for Bangor and Dublin University. A fly-half known for his goal-kicking abilities,...
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HMS Bangor is a Sandown-class minehunter commissioned by the Royal Navy in 2000. Designed to hunt naval mines in depths of up to 200 m (660 ft) using the...
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