Bryansford is a small

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County Down County Down () is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It covers an area of and has a population of 552,261. It borders County Antrim to the ...

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. It sits at the northern side of Tollymore Forest Park, roughly halfway between the towns of

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and

Castlewellan Castlewellan () is a small town in County Down, in the south-east of Northern Ireland close to the Irish Sea. It is beside Castlewellan Lake and Slievenaslat mountain, southwest of Downpatrick. It lies between the Mourne Mountains and Slieve ...

. The village is within the

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s of Ballyhafry and Aghacullion, in the Civil parish of Kilcoo. It had a population of 392 people in the 2001 Census.

Places of interest

Kilcoo Parish Church was built in 1712 by the

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family, whose family seat is in nearby Castlewellan. Percy Jocelyn, the

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from 1820 to 1822, is thought to have been buried in the

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family vault in the church. Tollymore Forest Park, at the edge of the village, covers 630 hectares and was formerly owned by the Earl of Roden. Tollymore appears in Season 1 of Game of Thrones as part of "The North".

People

*Sir Norman Stronge was born in the village. * Jack Kyle lived his later life here.

Sport

The village has a successful

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team, Bryansford GAC. The team have won the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship twice, in 1969 and 1970. They play their home matches in St. Patricks Park in the nearby town of Newcastle.

2001 Census

Bryansford is classified as a rural settlement by th
NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA)
On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 392 people living in Bryansford. Of these: *27.6% were under 16 years old and 14.8% were aged 60 and above *49.5% of the population were male and 50.5% were female *61.4% were from a Catholic Community Background and 34.3% were from a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' Community Background. *1.2% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed.NI Neighbourhood Information Service
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References

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