Burren (from the Irish: An Bhoirinn meaning "the rocky district or large stone") is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland, near to Newry and Warrenpoint. Most of the houses in the village are modern and even the commemorative village green was only built recently. Burren landscape The Burren (from Irish: , meaning great rock; Boirinn is the modern form used by the Ordnance Survey) is a unique karst-landscape region in northwest County Clare, in the Republic of Ireland. ... Masouleh village, Gilan Province, Iran. ... Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Downpatrick Area: 2,448 km² Population (est. ... Northern Ireland (Irish: , Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a constituent country of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ... , Newry (from the Irish: Iúr Cinn Trá meaning The Yew Tree at the Head of the Strand, short form An tIúr, The Yew) is the fourth largest city in Northern Ireland and eighth on the island of Ireland. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Statistics Province: Ulster County: District: Newry and Mourne UK Parliament: South Down European Parliament: Northern Ireland Dialling Code: 028, +44 28 Post Town: Newry Postal District(s): BT34 Population (2001) 7,000 Warrenpoint (from the Irish: An Phointe meaning the point - alternatively Rinn Mhic Giolla Rua...

Places of interest

Burren Heritage Centre is a converted national school at the foot of the Mourne Mountains, telling the story of the area. The granite Mountains of Mourne are located in the first proposed national park of Northern Ireland. ...

In the year 1927, Tamnaharry Park became a convent when the (Irish) Dominican Sisters of South Africa purchased the property from a Mrs. Bradley. The new Convent Chapel of Our Lady of the Assumption was dedicated, and its High Altar consecrated, by Bishop Mulhern on 24th. May, 1939. Very Rev. Dr. P. Clery O.P., Dublin, preached the dedication sermon. By 1945, the Sisters had acquired a new novitiate in Co. Kildare and, in that year, they were succeeded in Tamnaharry by the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition. This congregation of nuns was founded in France, by Saint Emilie de Vislar, about the middle of the 19th. Century. The Sisters had several houses in England, where they specialized in nursing and in the care of the aged. They were also to be found at their work of nursing and teaching on all five continents — in Australia, America, Asia (in Burma, Syria and Palestine), Africa, and in France (where their Motherhouse was situated in Marseilles). At Tamnaharry, postulants were received and spent some time before going to the Novitiate in Liverpool. The aged were also a special care of the Sisters, and many an elderly lady found a real "home from home" at Tamnaharry. The house remained in religious hands until 1969, when the Morton Family of Banbridge bought it. In October, 1980, Tamnaharry was sold on to Mr. J. O'Neill, a haulage contractor. To-day, the magnificent old house and grounds belong to the Downey Family, owners of Friar Tucks fast food restaurants in Newry.

Another famous place is M & B's Superstore which is across the road from the park.

Famous residents

The UTV Live and U105 presenter Frank Mitchell was born and raised in Burren, although there is some doubt as to whether Frank Mitchell is in fact famous. UTV Live opening sequence UTV Live is the flagship news programme in the UTV region in Northern Ireland. ... U105 is a Belfast based radio station, providing a mix of Music and Speech as well as hourly news bulletins. ... UTV Live presenter, reporter & weatherman Frank Mitchell Frank Mitchell (b. ...

South Down MLA PJ Bradley lives in Burren. P. J. Bradley MLA (born 29 August 1940) is a Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician in Northern Ireland. ...

References

• Culture Northern Ireland
• Ireland's Eye - Burren Heritage Centre

See also

• List of villages in Northern Ireland
• List of towns in Northern Ireland
• The Burren, Co.Clare

Coordinates: 54°07′N, 6°16′W This is a list page for villages in Northern Ireland. ... This is a list page for towns in Northern Ireland. ... Burren landscape The Burren (from Irish: , meaning great rock; Boirinn is the modern form used by the Ordnance Survey) is a unique karst-landscape region in northwest County Clare, in the Republic of Ireland. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...