Dromara is a village, townland and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the southwest of Ballynahinch on the northern slopes of Slieve Croob, with the River Lagan flowing through it. It is situated in Dromara and the historic barony of Iveagh Lower, Lower Half. In the 2011 census it had a population of 1,006 people.