Editing Downpatrick (section)

{{Short description|Town in County Down, Northern Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2014}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name = Downpatrick
| irish_name = Dún Pádraig<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=12718 |title=Placenamesni.org |publisher=Place Names NI |access-date=28 March 2017 |archive-date=27 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027130655/http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=12718 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| scots_name = Doonpetèrick<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doeni.gov.uk/niea/jordanscastleus.pdf |title=Jordan's Castle |publisher=Department of the Environment |access-date=2 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120903154517/http://www.doeni.gov.uk/niea/jordanscastleus.pdf |archive-date=3 September 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref> or Doonpetherick<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doeni.gov.uk/niea/stpatrickincodownus.pdf|title=St Patrick in Co. Down|publisher=Department of the Environment|access-date=2 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120903154526/http://www.doeni.gov.uk/niea/stpatrickincodownus.pdf|archive-date=3 September 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| local_name = 
| static_image_name = View west along English Street towards Downpatrick Cathedral - geograph.org.uk - 2448646.jpg
| static_image_caption = [[Down Cathedral]]
| map_type= Northern Ireland
| coordinates = {{coord|54.322|-5.703|display=inline,title}}
| irish_grid_reference = 
| population = 11,545
| population_ref = ([[United Kingdom Census 2021|2021 Census]])
| unitary_northern_ireland = [[Newry, Mourne and Down]]
| lieutenancy_northern_ireland = [[County Down]]
| constituency_westminster = [[South Down (UK Parliament constituency)|South Down]]
| constituency_ni_assembly = [[South Down (Assembly constituency)|South Down]]
| country = Northern Ireland
|historic_county=
|post_town = DOWNPATRICK
| postcode_area = BT
| postcode_district = BT30
| dial_code = 028
| website = 
}}
'''Downpatrick''' ({{Irish derived place name|Dún Pádraig|[[Saint Patrick|Patrick]]'s fort}})<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.logainm.ie/120017.aspx |title=Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann – Placenames Database of Ireland |publisher=logainm.ie |date=13 December 2010 |access-date=2 October 2012 |archive-date=20 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020174223/http://www.logainm.ie/120017.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> is a town in [[County Down]], [[Northern Ireland]]. It is on the [[Lecale]] peninsula, about {{convert|21|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of [[Belfast]]. In the Middle Ages, it was the capital of the [[Dál Fiatach]], the main ruling dynasty of [[Ulaid]]. [[Down Cathedral|Its cathedral]] is said to be the burial place of [[Saint Patrick]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishtourism.com/historic-sites-buildings-in-ireland/st-patrick-s-grave/1423|title=St. Patricks Grave {{!}} Historic Sites & Buildings {{!}} Attractions Ireland|website=www.irishtourism.com|access-date=2018-02-15|archive-date=3 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103023715/http://www.irishtourism.com/historic-sites-buildings-in-ireland/st-patrick-s-grave/1423|url-status=live}}</ref> Today, it is the [[county town]] of Down and the joint headquarters of [[Newry, Mourne and Down District Council]].
Downpatrick had a population of 11,545 according to the [[United Kingdom Census 2021|2021 Census]].<ref name="2021 pop"/>