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Warrenpoint

Warrenpoint (An Pointe in Irish, meaning "the Point") is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland, lying on Carlingford Lough. In Irish the town is also called "Rinn Mhic Giolla Rua" after the townland it is located in. The town is known for the Maiden of the Mournes festival and for the nearby Narrow Water Castle dating from the 1660s and New Narrow Water Castle . Also nearby is the Burren Heritage Centre . Boats sail from the town to Omeath .

The ambush of British soldiers by the IRA near Warrenpoint, at Narrow Water Castle on August 27, 1979, is often referred to as the "Warrenpoint massacre" [1]

See also: List of towns in Northern Ireland



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