Lawrencetown, County Down
Laurencetown or Lawrencetown is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It sits on the River Bann, along the main road between the towns of Banbridge and Portadown. It is within the parish of Tullylish and covers the townlands of Knocknagore and Drumnascamph. In the 2011 census it had a population of 956 people. In Irish, it is known as Baile Labhráis (Lawrence's Townland). Places of interest Lawrencetown House, close to the village, was built before 1834 and features a walled garden and extensive lawns stretching to the River Bann. Lawrenctown park, between the Federal Tyres and Nearby Lawrenctown. People John Butler Yeats (1839-1922), an Irish artist and the father of William Butler Yeats and Jack Butler Yeats was born here Lawrencetown was also the birthplace of William Dawson Lawrence (1817-1886), a successful shipbuilder, businessman and politician in Canada, who is reported to have built the largest wooden ship in the world in 1874 Demographics 956 Population [2011] – Census 0.3717 km2 Area 2,572/km2 Population Density 4.3% Annual Population Change [2001 → 2011] Country of Birth (C 2011) Northern Ireland 887 Great Britain 29 Republic of Ireland 21 EU (other) 5 Other country 9 Ethnic Group (C 2011) White