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0.6em}</style><table class="infobox ib-uk-place vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org nowrap">Ballygowan<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist ib-uk-place-other-names"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a>: <i lang="ga">Baile Mhic Gabhann</i></li></ul></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Church_Hill,_Ballygowan,_August_2010_(01).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Church_Hill%2C_Ballygowan%2C_August_2010_%2801%29.JPG/240px-Church_Hill%2C_Ballygowan%2C_August_2010_%2801%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="240" height="160" 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.od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:240px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:240px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:240px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:County_Down_UK_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ballygowan is located in County Down"><img alt="Ballygowan is located in County Down" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/County_Down_UK_location_map.svg/240px-County_Down_UK_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="263" class="mw-file-element" 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style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Ballygowan</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location within <a href="/wiki/County_Down" title="County Down">County Down</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">0.38 sq mi (0.98 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">3,138 (2021 Census)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">• <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">Density</a></th><td class="infobox-data">8,258/sq mi (3,188/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Irish_grid_reference_system" title="Irish grid reference system">Irish grid reference</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion" style="white-space: nowrap"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Ballygowan&params=54.501731_N_5.792100_W_region:IE_scale:25000&title=Ballygowan">J4308063725</a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">• <a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a></th><td class="infobox-data">8.7 mi (14.0 km)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Northern_Ireland" title="Local government in Northern Ireland">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ards_and_North_Down_Borough_Council" title="Ards and North Down Borough Council">Ards and North Down</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Counties of Northern Ireland">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/County_Down" title="County Down">County Down</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="country-name"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Sovereign state</a></th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Post_town" title="Post town">Post town</a></th><td class="infobox-data">NEWTOWNARDS</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postcodes_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Postcodes in the United Kingdom">Postcode district</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/BT_postcode_area" title="BT postcode area">BT23</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom">Dialling code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">028</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_the_United_Kingdom,_Crown_Dependencies_and_British_Overseas_Territories" title="List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories">Police</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Police_Service_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Police Service of Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Fire_services_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Fire services in the United Kingdom">Fire</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Fire_and_Rescue_Service" title="Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service">Northern Ireland</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Emergency_medical_services_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Emergency medical services in the United Kingdom">Ambulance</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Ambulance_Service" title="Northern Ireland Ambulance Service">Northern Ireland</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Constituencies_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom">UK Parliament</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Strangford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Strangford (UK Parliament constituency)">Strangford</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_parliamentary_constituencies_in_Northern_Ireland" title="List of parliamentary constituencies in Northern Ireland">NI Assembly</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Strangford_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Strangford (Assembly constituency)">Strangford</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.ballygowan.info">http://www.ballygowan.info</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist 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Down">Down</a></dd></dl></div> <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Ballygowan&params=54.50252_N_5.79211_W_region:GB_type:city(3138)"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">54°30′09″N</span> <span class="longitude">5°47′32″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">54.50252°N 5.79211°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">54.50252; -5.79211</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ballygowan</b> (from <a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a> <span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga">Baile Mhic Gabhann</i></span>, meaning '<a href="/wiki/McGowan" title="McGowan">McGowan</a>'s townland')<sup id="cite_ref-EAG_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EAG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a village in <a href="/wiki/County_Down" title="County Down">County Down</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>. It is within the <a href="/wiki/Ards_and_North_Down_Borough_Council" title="Ards and North Down Borough Council">Ards and North Down Borough</a>. The town of <a href="/wiki/Comber" title="Comber">Comber</a> is a short distance to the north-east, the town of <a href="/wiki/Saintfield" title="Saintfield">Saintfield</a> to the south, and the city of <a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a> further to the north-west. It is within the <a href="/wiki/Civil_parishes_in_Ireland" title="Civil parishes in Ireland">civil parishes</a> of <a href="/wiki/Killinchy_(civil_parish)" title="Killinchy (civil parish)">Killinchy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Comber_(civil_parish)" title="Comber (civil parish)">Comber</a> and is split between the historic <a href="/wiki/Barony_(geographic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Barony (geographic)">baronies</a> of <a href="/wiki/Castlereagh_Lower" title="Castlereagh Lower">Castlereagh Lower</a> and <a href="/wiki/Castlereagh_Upper" title="Castlereagh Upper">Castlereagh Upper</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It had a population of 3,138 people in the 2021 Census.<sup id="cite_ref-Cen_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cen-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ballygowan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before the early 17th century <a href="/wiki/Plantation_of_Ulster" title="Plantation of Ulster">Plantation of Ulster</a>, when many <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Lowlands" title="Scottish Lowlands">Lowland</a> Scots moved across the Irish Sea to settle in northern Ireland on lands granted by <a href="/wiki/James_I_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="James I of England">King James I</a> to <a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_1st_Viscount_Claneboye" title="James Hamilton, 1st Viscount Claneboye">James Hamilton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Montgomery,_1st_Viscount_Montgomery" title="Hugh Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery">Hugh Montgomery</a>, the area of Ballygowan was sparsely inhabited by <a href="/wiki/Gaelic_Ireland" title="Gaelic Ireland">Irish Gaels</a>. It was within the territory of <a href="/wiki/Clannaboy" class="mw-redirect" title="Clannaboy">Clannaboy</a>, and in 1744 the <a href="/wiki/McGowan" title="McGowan">McGowans</a> of the Ards were associated with the Clannaboy O'Neills.<sup id="cite_ref-EAG_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EAG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the late 18th century the village comprised a bridge (over the River Blackwater at the intersection of the Comber/Saintfield and <a href="/wiki/Killyleagh" title="Killyleagh">Killyleagh</a>/Belfast roads), a dozen or so small houses and an inn. The surrounding townlands were populated by a great number of small tenant farmers and weavers. The main landlords were <a href="/wiki/Lord_Dufferin" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Dufferin">Lord Dufferin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lord_Londonderry" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Londonderry">Lord Londonderry</a>. </p><p>From the mid-19th century through the early 20th century the population of the rural area surrounding Ballygowan declined considerably as many people emigrated to <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a> or found work in Comber, Saintfield and particularly in Belfast. However, it was during this period, and subsequent to the introduction of the <a href="/wiki/Belfast_%26_County_Down_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Belfast & County Down Railway">Belfast & County Down Railway</a> in 1850, that the village began to grow. Ballygowan railway station opened on 10 September 1858, but finally closed on 15 January 1950.<sup id="cite_ref-BGS_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BGS-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the railway closed in 1950 the village became an attractive "dormitory" town and the ensuing 50 years have seen rapid growth.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On Monday, 15 September 2014, the remains of <a href="/wiki/Ian_Paisley,_Baron_Bannside" class="mw-redirect" title="Ian Paisley, Baron Bannside">The Baron Bannside</a> (better known as <a href="/wiki/The_Reverend" title="The Reverend">The Rev.</a> <a href="/wiki/Ian_Paisley" title="Ian Paisley">Ian Paisley</a>) were buried in the graveyard attached to Ballygowan <a href="/wiki/Free_Presbyterian_Church_of_Ulster" title="Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster">Free Presbyterian Church</a>. Lord Bannside was a former <a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="First Minister of Northern Ireland">First Minister of Northern Ireland</a> and a former Leader of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">DUP.</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demography">Demography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ballygowan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Demography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2001_Census">2001 Census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ballygowan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 2001 Census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 2001 Census Ballygowan had a population of 2671 people. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2011_Census">2011 Census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ballygowan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2011 Census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On Census Day (27 March 2011) the usually resident population of Ballygowan Ward was 2,957 (1,077 households).<sup id="cite_ref-Cen_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cen-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>21.39% were aged under 16 years and 12.27% were aged 65 and over;</li> <li>49.40% of the usually resident population were male and 50.60% were female, and 40 years was the average (median) age of the population.</li> <li>99.09% were from the white (including Irish Traveller) ethnic group;</li> <li>11.22% belong to or were brought up Catholic and</li> <li>80.19% belong to or were brought up in a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)'denominations ;</li> <li>75.81% indicated that they had a British national identity, 7.12% had an Irish national identity and 33.69% had a Northern Irish national identity (Respondents could indicate more than one national identity)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ballygowan&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Primary">Primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ballygowan&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ballygowan has one primary school locally, seen at the top of the table below. Other schools are nearby. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>School Name </th> <th>Location </th> <th>Distance outside </th></tr> <tr> <td>Alexander Dickson PS </td> <td>Ballygowan </td> <td>0 mi (0 km) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Carrickmannon PS </td> <td>Ballygowan </td> <td>1 mi (1.6 km) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Moneyrea PS </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Moneyreagh" title="Moneyreagh">Moneyreagh</a> </td> <td>3 mi (4.8 km) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Millennium Integrated PS </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saintfield" title="Saintfield">Saintfield</a> </td> <td>3.7 mi (6 km) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Secondary">Secondary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ballygowan&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Secondary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ballygowan does not have any secondary schools locally, but those nearby (<10 mi (16 km) away) are seen in the table below; </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>School Name </th> <th>Location </th> <th>Distance outside </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Saintfield_High_School" title="Saintfield High School">Saintfield High School</a> </td> <td>Saintfield </td> <td>3 mi (4.8km) </td> <td>Accessible via public bus route 5b on weekday mornings </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lagan_College" title="Lagan College">Lagan College</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Castlereagh_(borough)" title="Castlereagh (borough)">Castlereagh</a> </td> <td>6 mi (9.7 km) </td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Grosvenor_Grammar_School" title="Grosvenor Grammar School">Grosvenor Grammar School</a> </td> <td>Castlereagh </td> <td>7 mi (11.3 km) </td> <td>Accessible via public bus route 12/512 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>All 3 schools offer a direct route ran by <a href="/wiki/Translink_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Translink (Northern Ireland)">Translink</a>, to and from each school. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bus_Services">Bus Services</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ballygowan&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Bus Services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ballygowan has a <a href="/wiki/Bus_garage" title="Bus garage">bus depot</a> connecting Ballygowan to <a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a>, <a href="/wiki/Comber" title="Comber">Comber</a>, <a href="/wiki/Newtownards" title="Newtownards">Newtownards</a> and Darragh Cross. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Route </th> <th>Primary Destination </th> <th>Other Destinations </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>12/512 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Belfast_City_Centre" title="Belfast City Centre">Belfast City Centre</a> </td> <td>Darragh Cross, <a href="/wiki/Moneyreagh" title="Moneyreagh">Moneyreagh</a>, Crossnacreevy, <a href="/wiki/Roselawn_Cemetery" title="Roselawn Cemetery">Roselawn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Castlereagh_(County_Down_townland)" title="Castlereagh (County Down townland)">Castlereagh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lanyon_Place_railway_station" title="Lanyon Place railway station">Lanyon Place</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5b </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Newtownards" title="Newtownards">Newtownards</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Comber" title="Comber">Comber</a> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>These routes are run by <a href="/wiki/Translink_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Translink (Northern Ireland)">Translink</a> <a href="/wiki/Ulsterbus" title="Ulsterbus">Ulsterbus</a>. The Belfast route uses improved Urby buses run along this route, which include leather seats, free WiFi and USB Charging Ports. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Railways">Railways</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ballygowan&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Railways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Ballygowan_railway_station" title="Ballygowan railway station">Ballygowan railway station</a> was opened by the <a href="/wiki/Belfast_and_County_Down_Railway" title="Belfast and County Down Railway">Belfast and County Down Railway</a> on 10 September 1858.<sup id="cite_ref-BGS_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BGS-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The station was on the once extensive network that connected <a href="/wiki/Belfast_Queen%27s_Quay_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Belfast Queen's Quay railway station">Belfast Queen's Quay railway station</a> to <a href="/wiki/Downpatrick_railway_station" title="Downpatrick railway station">Downpatrick</a> and <a href="/wiki/Newcastle,_County_Down" title="Newcastle, County Down">Newcastle, County Down</a>. </p><p>The station closed on 15 January 1950 along with the rest of the Belfast and County Down Railway line, by which time it had been taken over by the <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Transport_Authority" title="Ulster Transport Authority">Ulster Transport Authority</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ballygowan&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_villages_in_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="List of villages in Northern Ireland">List of villages in Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_in_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="List of towns in Northern Ireland">List of towns in Northern Ireland</a></li></ul> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; 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