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County Down (An Dún “The Fortress”) - Although Down was the first area in the north to be captured by the Normans, when John de Courci marched north from Dublin with 300 or so men in 1177. They were soon assimilated and the region retained its largely Gaelic character until the seventeenth century when, even though the area was not formally included in the Plantation of Ulster, there was a large influx of English and Scottish settlers. Under the organizational reforms carried out in Northern Ireland in 1973, the county ceased to exist and was divided into various smaller administrative units identification with the old county continues in the daily lives of the people.

See 1911 Co Down Census

Important: All Records collected for this county may not have been added here as yet. See also the Combs Research List Archives