Drumbeg is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is beside the River Lagan and the name means " little ridge." In the 2001 Census it had a population of 727 people. A village is a human settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... County Down, (An Dún in Irish) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, covering an area of 2,448 km² (945 square miles). ... Dieu et mon droit (Royal motto) (French for God and my right)4 Northern Irelands location within the UK Official languages None6 Main languages English, Irish, Ulster Scots Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Hain MP Area  - Total Ranked... The River Lagan is a major river in Northern Ireland which runs 40 miles (60 km) from the Slieve Croob mountain in County Down to Belfast where it enters Belfast Lough, an inlet of the Irish Sea. ... Census 2001 is the name by which the national census conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001 is known. ...

Places of Interest

Of interest are the fine mediaeval church with with its handsome lych-gate and the Drumbeg inn with one of the most peaceful and pretty rose gardens in Ulster. Ulster (Irish: Cúige Uladh, IPA: ) is one of the four provinces of Ireland. ...

2001 Census

Drumbeg is classified as a small village or hamlet by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (ie with population between 500 and 1,000). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 727 people living in Drumbeg. Of these: April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

• 18.4% were aged under 16 years and 23.8% were aged 60 and over
• 45.3% of the population were male and 54.8% were female
• 12.7% were from a Catholic background and 83.2% were from a Protestant background
• 0.9% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed

For more details see: NI Neighbourhood Information Service Protestantism is a movement within Christianity, representing a splitting away from the Roman Catholic Church during the mid-to-late Renaissance in Europe —a period known as the Protestant Reformation. ...

References

• Visit Lisburn

See Also:

• List of villages in Northern Ireland
• List of towns in Northern Ireland