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Town (pop., 2001: 58,388), seat of North Down district, Northern Ireland. It lies on the southern shore of Belfast Lough, 12 mi (19 km) northeast of Belfast. St. Comgall founded a monastery at Bangor 555, which became a celebrated seat of learning. The town was sacked by the Danes in the 9th century; it was partially rebuilt by St. Malachy in the 12th century. It is now a seaside resort.
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[ʹbæŋ͵gawr; ʹbæn͵gawr; ʹbæŋgər]
Resort town in Northern Ireland, E of Belfast on Belfast Lough. Population: 71,000.
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[Irish bánchor, ‘white choir’ (?); beannchar, ‘pointed arrangement’]
Name of at least six places in Ireland and Wales. Two of the best known are: (1) a town in Northern Ireland, 12 miles NE of Belfast, the site of a monastery founded by St Comgall; (2) a hamlet in Dyfed (formerly Cardiganshire), 4 miles E of Newcastle Emlyn on the River Teifi, one of several reputed burial-places for Taliesin.
Bibliography
- James Hamilton, Bangor Abbey Through the Centuries (Bangor, Northern Ireland, 1980)
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Bangor
Bangor (băng'gər), town (1991 pop. 70,750), North Down dist., E Northern Ireland, on Belfast Lough. It is a seaport, resort, and yachting center (site of an annual regatta), with some light industry. The Elizabethan Bangor Castle is in the town along with the remains of an abbey founded c.555 by St. Comgall and destroyed by the Danes in the 9th cent. Rebuilt in 1120, it was taken over by Franciscans in 1469. The missionary abbey was dissolved in 1542.
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The telephone dialing code for: Bangor N. Ireland, United Kingdom
The country code is: 44
The city code is: 2891
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