Part of the Great Wars Trail
Conway Square is home to the statue of Lieutenant Colonel Robert Blair "Paddy" Mayne DSO & Three Bars. Born in Newtownards, (11 January 1915 – 14 December 1955). Mayne was a British Army soldier, Ireland and British Lions rugby union international, lawyer, amateur boxer and a founding member of the Special Air Service (SAS).
During the course of the Second World War he became one of the British Army's most highly decorated soldiers. He received the Distinguished Service Order with three bars, one of only seven British servicemen to receive that award four times during World War II. Additionally, the post-war French Government awarded him the Legion d'honneur and the Croix de Guerre. He was controversially denied a Victoria Cross.
Mayne died in a traffic incident in the early hours of 14 on December 1955, he is buried in Movilla Abbey graveyard in Newtownards.
Saturday Market
Saturday is Market Day in Conway Square. Trading is from 8am to 3pm each week, all year round. Find out more about our Markets. A Harvest Fair is usually held annually in September
Ards Arts Centre
Conway Square is also home to Ards Arts Centre, which hosts art exhibitions all year round as well as their 'Friday night live' music sessions.
The Great Wars Trail
Find out more about The Great Wars Trail.
