Dundonald

Dundonald is a vast settlement and common area in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies east of Belfast and is regularly esteemed to be a suburb of the city. It incorporates the huge lodging bequest of Ballybeen, and the numerous new lodging domains that have risen over the most recent couple of years. John de Courcey set up a continue including a motte and Bailey in the twelfth century. This is currently known as Moat Park and can be gotten to from Church Green, Comber Road and the Upper Newtownards Road.

Dundonald alludes to a twelfth century Norman fortification, or Dun, Dun Donaill, that remained in the town. One of the biggest in Ireland, the man-made slope that the post remained on is still in existence. In spite of the fact that the hill is ordinarily alluded to as 'the canal' this is, truth be told, a defilement of the word 'motte' and alludes to the way that this cautious structure was worked in the style of a motte and bailey. St. Elizabeth's Church is situated close to the channel, with the Cleland Mausoleum in the contiguous graveyard.