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DOWNPATRICK
Town
Killyleagh is a large village in County Down located on the shores of Strangford Lough and dominated by Killyleagh Castle, a Loire-style chateau which claims to be the oldest inhabited castle in Ireland. The Castle has been the home of the Hamilton…
NEWRY
Village
Kilcoo is a small village and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies between Rathfriland and Castlewellan. Near Kilcoo is Lough Island Reavy, a small man-made lough. East of the lough is Drumena Cashel, a stone ringfort that was…
NEWRY
Market Town
Hilltown is built on the River Bann and is one of the closest settlements to the main peaks of the Mourne Mountains. It was originally known as Eight Mile Bridge and was named Hilltown by the Marquis of Downshire, Lord Hill (also founder of…
NEWRY
Village
Meigh from the Irish an Mhaigh meaning ‘the plain’ is a small village and townland near Slieve Gullion. Meigh is relatively compact, it originated as a cluster of buildings and over the years has expanded with the addition of several different parks…
NEWCASTLE
Village
Dundrum is a picturesque village on the south east coast of County Down. It is 35 miles south of Belfast and 5 miles north of Newcastle. The village is best known for its ruined Anglo-Norman castle, built by John De Courcey in 1177, and used to…
Ardglass
Village
Ardglass is a beautiful fishing village which overlooks the Irish Sea. Ardglass has been a fishing port for over two thousand years. Today it is the home port of thirty fishing vessels and it is a major fish marketing and processing centre…
NEWRY
Town
Newtownhamilton, known in Irish as Baile Úr meaning ‘new town,’ is a small village in the south of County Armagh. The village takes its name from Alexander Hamilton, a descendant of the John Hamilton from Scotland who founded Hamiltonsbawn in 1619.…
NEWRY
Village
Crossmaglen is the largest village in South Armagh. In local folklore its name originated from a well-known ale-house or shebeen, kept by a local man called Lennon, probably located at a crossroads, (Cros Mhig Lionnain) Cross of Lennon. The focal…
DOWNPATRICK
Village
Seaforde is a small village situated on the main Ballynahinch to Newcastle road in County Down. The village is named after the Forde family who still reside in the village, and is also home of the Seaforde Tropical Butterfly House which features…
NEWRY
Village
Annalong is a picturesque seaside village in County Down, situated at the foot of the Mourne Mountains. From the Irish 'Áth na Long' or 'Ford of the ships', it was once home to a fleet of more than 30 schooners which carried Mourne Granite and…
DOWNPATRICK
Village
Clough is the crossroads village (six roads meet here). Clough has superb views out over the valleys and it is obvious why its strategic site led to the building of an early castle, ruins of which still stand today.
Motorists will be greeted by…
City
The city of Newry (An tIúr 'the yew tree' ) is divided by the Clanrye River located in the south east of Northern Ireland on the border of Counties Down and Armagh. Newry was once a bustling trading port. Newry Canal, which opened in 1742, is the…
DOWNPATRICK
Village
Killough is a village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies on the Irish Sea shore near Ardglass, five miles southeast of Downpatrick. Killough is a quaint, picturesque village and is well worth a visit.
Killough was once a busy…
DOWNPATRICK
Village
Crossgar (An Chrois Ghearr meaning "the short cross") is a village about 15 miles south of Belfast – between Saintfield and Downpatrick. Crossgar is the home of Shortcross Gin in Rademon Distillery. There is a holy well known as St. Mary’s Well…
BALLYNAHINCH
Village
Saintfield is a village located about halfway between Belfast and Downpatrick. Before coming to the name “Saintfield” this village was known as “Tawnaghnym” and then “Taunaghnieve”, (the field of the saint). This English translation did not come to…
NEWRY
Village
Camlough is small village five kilometres west of Newry in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The village is named after a lake, known as Cam Lough which is about 90 acres in extent. South of the village is Camlough Mountain which is part of the Ring…
BALLYNAHINCH
Town
Ballynahinch was traditionally a market town and the market still takes place in the town every Thursday. Ballynahinch lies on the main A24 Belfast to Newcastle Road, 15 miles south of Belfast. Facilities in the town include a community centre.…
Downpatrick
Town
Downpatrick (Dún Pádraig) is the County town of Down and is a Cathedral town and Downpatrick is the burial place of Saint Patrick, the Patron Saint of Ireland. Downpatrick is one of Ireland's most historic towns and the largest town in the Lecale…
NEWRY
Village
Rostrevor, a picturesque village, lies at the southern entrance to the Mournes and along the shores of Carlingford Lough. In 1612 Sir Edward Trevor married Rose Ussher, daughter of the Archbishop of Armagh and it is said that he named the village…
NEWRY
Village
Forkhill (An Foirceal meaning a trough or a hollow) nestles among the unique outlines of the hills of the Ring of Gullion in the south of County Armagh. The Welcome Inn has regular traditional music session. Nearby you can go pony trekking through…