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Newry (/ ˈ nj ʊər i /; [4] from Irish An Iúraigh [5]) is a city [6] in Northern Ireland, standing on the Clanrye river in counties Down and Armagh. It is near the border with the Republic of Ireland , on the main route between Belfast (34 miles/55 km away) and Dublin (67 miles/108 km away).
Newry is a civil parish in County Armagh and County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic baronies of Iveagh Upper, Lower Half (one townland ) and Lordship of Newry in County Down and the baronies of Orior Upper and Oneilland West (two townlands) in County Armagh.
Warrenpoint (Irish: An Pointe) [1] is a small port town and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It sits at the head of Carlingford Lough, south of Newry, and is separated from the Republic of Ireland by a narrow strait. The town is beside the village of Rostrevor and is overlooked by the Mournes and Cooley Mountains.
Sheeptown is a small village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies to the northeast of Newry, on the old road between Newry and Rathfriland. Historically, the townland (or part of it) was called Athcruthain. [1] In the 2001 Census it had a population of 204 people. It is part of the Newry and Mourne District Council area.
In Ireland, Counties are divided into Civil Parishes and Parishes are further divided into townlands. The following is a list of townlands in County Down , Northern Ireland : [ 1 ] Contents:
English: Hill Street in Newry, with the neatest and clearest display of news posters in Flickroonie history! But also Hair Brushing Machinery(?) at J. Withers' Shampooing Saloon. And a place to get your umbrellas made, recovered and repaired...
The river, which runs through Newry, forms the historic border between County Armagh and County Down.Some maps call the portion downstream from Newry to the Lough the 'Newry River' and the portion upstream of Newry the 'Clanrye' (as it curls around to its sources in the foothills of the Mourne Mountains), but not all sources make this distinction.
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council replaces Newry and Mourne District Council and Down District Council.The first election for the new district council was originally due to take place in May 2009, but in April 2008, Shaun Woodward, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland announced that the scheduled 2009 district council elections were to be postponed until 2011. [3]