BANGOR, borough of Co. Down, Northern Ireland, on the south side of Belfast Lough, i 2m. E.N.E. of Belfast, on a branch of the Belfast and County Down railway. Pop. (1926) 13,31 r. It carries on a considerable trade in cotton and linen and em broidered muslin. It is greatly frequented as a watering-place, especially by the people of Belfast. Slight remains are to be seen of an abbey of Canons Regular, founded in the middle of the 6th century by St. Comgall, and rebuilt by St. Malachy O'Morgair in the I2th century. Bangor was incorporated by James I. and returned two members to the Irish parliament.