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14 unusual facts about Dundonald


Donard Hospital F.C.

Ulster Hospital, founded in 1974, was connected to the hospital of the same name in Dundonald, and joined the Amateur League in the year of its foundation.

Drybridge

Shewalton had a 'Mission Station' in 1837, probably at Drybridge and the mother church was Dundonald.

Dundonald High School

Dundonald High School is a high school located in Dundonald, a suburb of Belfast in Northern Ireland.

Dundonald, South Ayrshire

: This article discusses a village in Scotland, for the town in Northern Ireland, see Dundonald; For the Scottish peerage, see Earl of Dundonald.

Galrigs Loch, Ayrshire

The Galrigs Loch was a substantial freshwater loch situated in low lying area between Newfield and Dundonald in South Ayrshire, Scotland.

Lachlan Lubanach Maclean

Lachlan Lubanach lived to a great age, but the date of his death is not known, but it must have been before 1405, for on January 28, 1405 of that year, at Dundonald, Hector was a witness to a charter confirmed by the king in favour of James Kennedy.

Loans, South Ayrshire

It is located in Dundonald Parish on the A759 at the junction with the B746 and a minor road to Dundonald.

Old Rome, South Ayrshire

The hamlet had a 'Mission Station' in 1837, the mother church being Dundonald.

The old village or hamlet of Old Rome, Rome or Old Rome Ford is located in South Ayrshire, Parish of Dundonald, Scotland.

Riccarton, Ayrshire

A pre-reformation Riccarton parish church stood in the centre of the old burial ground; first noted, as a chapel, in 1229, sub-ordinate to the church of Dundonald.

River Irvine

This Red Stewart was Sir John Stewart of Dundonald, a natural son of Robert II of Scotland, a monarch who had spent much time at Dundonald Castle.

Stanecastle

Another tunnel is said to run from Stanecastle to Dundonald.

Symington, South Ayrshire

On the boundary of Dundonald and Symington parishes lies an area known as the 'Slough of Despond'.

Ulster Popular Unionist Party

George Green had defected to the Conservative Party before 1989 but the party compensated by gaining a seat in the Dundonald area of Castlereagh.


Baron Lamington

He was the son of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thomas John Cochrane, son of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Cochrane, sixth son of Thomas Cochrane, 8th Earl of Dundonald (see the Earl of Dundonald for earlier history of the Cochrane family).

Douglas Cochrane, 12th Earl of Dundonald

Lord Dundonald died at his home in Wimbledon in April 1935, aged 82, and was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son, Thomas.

Dundonald Castle

Dundonald castle once had its own chapel dedicated to Saint Inan.

Dundonald Road tram stop

At this point, the track follows the route of the old West Croydon to Wimbledon Line between Wimbledon and Croydon, although there was no station on the Dundonald Road site.

Lord Cochrane

William Cochrane, 1st Earl of Dundonald who prior to receiving the earldom was create Baron Cochrane of Dundonald