Census= 1246 2001 Census= 1542 2008 Estimate = 1860 2011 Census = 1892 People Jim Allister, leader of the Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) party and former senior barrister, was born in Crossgar in 1953. Sir James Martin OBE, inventor of the ejector seat, was born in the nearby townland of Killinchy-in-the-Woods in 1893. He is also co-founder of the Martin-Baker Aircraft Company. A stone has been erected in his memory in Crossgar Square. Dermot Nesbitt, the former NI Environment Minister and a UUP MLA was born in Crossgar and still lives in Crossgar. Footballer Andrew Waterworth is from Crossgar, as is his grandfather; former Glentoran defender and captain Noel McCarthy. Andrew played for Hamilton Academical Football Club in the SPL and Linfield Football Club but now plays for Glenavon. Sport Crossgar is home of Kilmore Rec. Football Club, which plays at Robert Adams Park. It is the club at which Andrew Waterworth started his career. Crossgar hosts the badminton team and club, 'Lisara Badminton Club'. Their place of play is in Lisara Presbyterian Church Hall. Crossgar is also home to East Down Amateur Boxing Club Established in 2010. Crossgar also has its own 9 hole Par 64 Golf Course, Crossgar Golf Club, located on the Derryboy Road and founded in 1993. Crossgar is home to a seasonal Icehockey team called the Crossgar Stags, founded in 2021. They play on a nearby lake in winter and as a roller hockey team during the summer. Surrounding areas Kilmore Listooder Annacloy Bells Hill Derryboy See also Market houses in Northern Ireland References Bibliography The Whitewashed City: the story of Crossgar, County Down by Tom Hewitt. Vol. l (Crossgar, Tom Hewitt, 2004) External links Villages in County Down Townlands of County Down Civil parish of Kilmore, County Down