Annsborough is a small village in

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which is one of the main residential areas in

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. It is situated on the A25 road between

Downpatrick Downpatrick () is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the Lecale peninsula, about 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 sai ...

and

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, about 0.8 kilometres to the east of

and 17 kilometres to the south west of Downpatrick. It had a population of 593 in the 2001 Census. The village is situated within the Mourne

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History

Annsborough Primary School first opened in 1835, making it one of the oldest functional schools in the country. The school officially became integrated in 1997, after many years of unofficial integrated education.

Culture

The village is the home of the Annsborough Pipe Band. Currently competing in Grade 3A of the

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, the band has won three World Championships in 2004, 2005 and 2015. Their Drum Corps were also crowned as World Champions in 2007 and 2015.

Demography

Annsborough is classified as a small village or hamlet by the

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(NISRA) (i.e. with population of less than 1,000). On Census Day (29 April 2001) there were 593 people living in Annsborough. Of these: *29.4% were aged under 16 years and 13.6% were aged 60 and over *48.7% of the population were male and 51.3% were female *93.6% were from a

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background and 5.1% were from a

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background *5.8% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed

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Annsborough Mill
{{authority control Villages in County Down

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