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Comber is a small town 5 miles
south of Newtownards, at the northern end of Strangford
Lough. It is situated in the heart of potato-growing
country and is also known for Comber Whiskey which was last
distilled in 1953 and today fetches a handsome price.
The name Comber derives from
the Irish word comar which means the confluence of two
rivers, in this case the Glen River and the Enler River
which meet at the town. There is believed to have been a
church here since the time of St Patrick, while a Cistercian
abbey was founded around 1200 on the site of the present
Church of Ireland chapel, a site likely chosen to take
advantage of the good access to Strangford Lough. After
Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries in 1541, the abbey fell
into ruins and its stone has since been used in other
buildings.
For more information visit
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