Balloo is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland, near Killinchy. It is 5 miles south of Comber on the A22 road to Downpatrick. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 159 people. It is situated within the Ards Borough Council area. A village is a human residential settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Downpatrick Area: 2,448 km² Population (est. ... Motto: (French for God and my right)2 Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (De facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official language(s) English (De facto), Irish, Ulster Scots 3 Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP - First Minister Office suspended... Killinchy is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland on the western shores of Strangford Lough. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... Downpatrick (Dún Phádraig in Irish, meaning Fort of Patrick) is a town in County Down in Northern Ireland with 10,316 inhabitants in the 2001 Census. ... Census 2001 is the name by which the national census conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001 is known. ... Ards Borough Council is a Local Council in County Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. ...
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Places of interest
Balloo House is a famous pub/restaurant dating back to the 18th century, steeped in atmosphere with its stone floors and working Aga dominating the historic kitchen bar. It was once a large farmhouse, bought by the McConnell family in 1893, and has been a licensed premises ever since. For notes on some individual UK pubs, see Notable United Kingdom public houses. ... Toms Restaurant, a restaurant in New York made familiar by Suzanne Vega and the television sitcom Seinfeld For other uses, see Restaurant (disambiguation). ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... AGA is the abreviation of the company name Aktiebolaget Gas Accumulator. ... 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...