Castlewellan Lake and Forest Park Castlewellan (in Irish: Caisleán Uidhilín, ie Uidhilín’s Castle) is a large village in County Down, Northern Ireland, situated beside Castlewellan Lake and Slievenaslat mountain, 16 miles (25 km) south west of Downpatrick. It lies between the Mourne Mountains and Slieve Croob. It had a population of 2,392 people in the 2001 Census. Image File history File links NorthernIrelandDownBorough. ...
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Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Downpatrick Area: 2,448 km² Population (est. ...
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Downpatrick (Dún Phádraig in Irish, meaning Fort of Patrick) is a town in County Down in Northern Ireland with 10,316 inhabitants in the 2001 Census. ...
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Slieve Croob is the largest of a small group of peaks in the centre of County Down, north of the Mourne Mountains in Northern Ireland. ...
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It is located in the Down District Council area. Down District Council is a Local Council in County Down in Northern Ireland. ...
Castlewellan has a wide main street which runs trough two main squares lined with chestnut trees. the town was designed by a french architect for the Annesley family (at that time owners of what is now Castlewellan forest park) and is unique within ireland due to its tree lined squares both in the old town (upper square) and new town (lower square) as well as its very wide main street. The old market house in the upper square was built in 1764 and now houses the public library.[1] the town contains many buildings of interest including St. Pauls COI church, St. Malachys RC church, the Grange Courtyard and of course castlewellan castle. 1764 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Places of interest
- Drumena Cashel is a good example of a small stone built farmstead enclosure or cashel of the Early Christian period. It is situated 2 miles south west of Castlewellan off the A25 road to Rathfriland.[2]
- Castlewellan Forest Park and Castlewellan Lake are situated to the northwest of the village. The Arboretum in the park was begun in 1740 and contains plants and trees from many different countries.[3] The Peace Maze, the world's largest permanent hedge maze according to Guinness World Records, was constructed in the park between 2000 and 2001.[4] The lake plays host to the Irish University Rowing Championships and Queen's Regatta annually in April. In the very early hours of April 7, 2007 two youths died in a fatal rowing incident in the lake.[5]
- Castlewellan Castle, a Scottish baronial castle of 1856, overlooks the lake and the park. Nowadays the castle is used as a christian conference centre, and is not generally open to the public.
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History
The Troubles For more information see The Troubles in Castlewellan, which includes a list of incidents in Castlewellan during the Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities. The Troubles in Castlewellan recounts incidents during, and the effects of, The Troubles in Castlewellan, County Down, Northern Ireland. ...
People Séamus Ó Néill, (1910 - 1986), was a versatile Irish writer from Castlewellan, County Down, Northern Ireland. ...
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1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ...
Joseph Samuel Toner (March 30, 1894 - November 1954) was an Irish professional footballer. ...
Sport Castlewellan GAC is based in the village.
2001 Census Castlewellan is classified as an intermediate settlement by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (ie with population between 2,250 and 4,500 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 2,392 people living in Castlewellan. Of these: April 29 is the 119th day of the year (120th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
- 29.8% were aged under 16 and 13.8% were aged 60 and over
- 49.4% of the population were male and 50.6% were female
- 92.1% were from a Catholic background and 6.6% were from a Protestant background
- 4.8% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed.
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References
See also This is a list page for villages in Northern Ireland. ...
This is a list page for towns in Northern Ireland. ...
Market Houses are a notable feature of many Irish towns with varying styles of architecture, size and ornamentation making for a most interesting feature of the streetscape. ...
External links - Castlewellan Market House
Coordinates: 54°16′N, 5°56′W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
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