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Hillsborough Castle, County Down

Hillsborough Castle Hillsborough Castle is a grand, Georgian country mansion in the village of Hillsborough County Down. It was built in the eighteenth century as a palatial residence for the Marquesses of Downshire, but it is today in the ownership of the Crown with the status of a royal palace. It serves as the official residence of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, and the official residence in Northern Ireland of Her Majesty The Queen. (Read more)