Annalong

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Facilities

Places of interest

• Annalong Cornmill was built in the 1800s and operated until the 1960s and was one of the last working watermill
  Watermill
  
  A watermill is a structure that uses a water wheel or water turbine to drive a mechanical process such as flour, lumber or textile production, or metal shaping ....
  s in Northern Ireland. It contains a grain drying kiln and three pairs of millstone
  Millstone
  
  Millstones or mill stones are used in windmills and watermills, including tide mills, for grinding wheat or other grains.The type of stone most suitable for making millstones is a siliceous rock called buhrstone , an open-textured, porous but tough, fine-grained sandstone, or a silicified, fossiliferous limestone....
  s. It is powered by a 15ft water wheel
  Water wheel
  
  A water wheel is a machine for converting the energy of flowing or falling water into more useful forms of power, a process otherwise known as hydropower....
   and a 1920s Marshall "hot-bulb" 20hp engine
  Hot bulb engine
  
  The hotbulb, or hot bulb engine or heavy oil engine is a type of internal combustion engine. It is an engine in which fuel is ignition by being brought into contact with red hot metal surface inside a bulb....
  . Restoration began in 1983 after it was acquired by Newry and Mourne District Council, and it reopened in 1985.
• Annalong harbour
  Harbor
  
  A harbor or harbour , or haven, is a place where ships may shelter from the weather or are stored. Harbors can be man-made or natural....
   has received some regeneration over the past number of years. It dates back to the early 1800s and in later years was made bigger to receive schooner
  Schooner
  
  A schooner is a type of sailing ship characterized by the use of fore-and-aft rig sails on two or more mast s. Schooners were first used by the Netherlands in the 16th or 17th century, and further developed in North America from the early 18th century onwards....
  s carrying granite to English cities and to import materials used to build the nearby dam
  Dam
  
  A dam is a barrier that Reservoirs surface water or underground streams. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates, levees, and Dike are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions....
   at the Silent Valley
  Silent Valley Reservoir
  
  The Silent Valley Reservoir is a reservoir located in the Mourne Mountains near Kilkeel, County Down in Northern Ireland. It supplies most of the water for County Down, surrounding counties and most of Belfast....
  . The harbour was enlarged in the 1880s to cope with the increased granite exports. A purpose built standard gauge
  Standard gauge
  
  The standard gauge is a widely-used rail gauge. Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this gauge . The distance between the inside edges of the rails of standard gauge track is ....
   railway
  Rail transport
  
  Rail transport is the conveyance of passengers and goods by means of wheeled vehicles running along railways . Rail transport is part of the logistics chain, which facilitates international trade and economic growth....
   was built from Annalong to transport almost all of the material for the construction of the reservoir. In recent years the harbour has been deepened and a pontoon
  Pontoon (boat)
  
  A pontoon is a flat-bottomed boat or the floats used to support a structure on water. It may be simply constructed from closed cylinder s such as pipes or barrels or fabricated as boxes from metal or concrete....
   added making it easier for small fishing boats and cruisers to dock at all states of the tide
  Tide
  
  Tides are the rising of Earth's ocean surface caused by the tidal forces of the Moon and the Sun acting on the oceans. Tides cause changes in the depth of the marine and estuary water bodies and produce oscillating currents known as tidal streams, making prediction of tides important for coastal navigation ....
  . In one of the neighbouring gardens the leading light
  Leading lights
  
  Leading lights are a pair of light beacons, used in position fixing and navigation to indicate a safe passage for vessels entering a shallow or dangerous channel....
   for directing boats into the harbour remains.

People

• Francis Rawdon Chesney
  Francis Rawdon Chesney
  
  Francis Rawdon Chesney , general and explorer, was a son of Captain Alexander Chesney, an Irishman of Scottish descent who, having emigrated to South Carolina in 1772, served under Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings in the American Revolutionary War, and subsequently received an appointment as coast officer at Annalong, Coun...
   (1789-1872) was born in Annalong. At 25 he was honoured for his heroism in saving the lives of several local fishermen who were caught in a storm. He was a British soldier and explorer in Asia
  Asia
  
  Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
   and was able to demonstrate that the Suez Canal
  Suez Canal
  
  The Suez Canal is a canal in Egypt. Opened in November 1869, it allows water transportation between Europe and Asia without navigating around Africa or carrying goods overland between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea....
   was feasible, bringing about its eventual construction. He also proved that the Tigris
  Tigris
  
  The Tigris is the eastern member of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, along with the Euphrates, which flows from the mountains of southeastern Turkey through Iraq....
   and Euphrates
  Euphrates
  
  The Euphrates is the western of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia which flows from Anatolia....
   rivers were navigable, advocating the adoption of a Euphrates route to India
  India
  
  India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
  .

Demography

• 23.8% were aged under 16 and 19.1% were aged 60 and over
• 50.1% of the population were male and 49.9% were female
• 25.9% were from a Catholic
  Catholic
  
  Catholic is an adjective derived from the Greek language adjective , meaning "whole" or "complete". In the context of Christianity ecclesiology, it has a rich history and several usages....
   background and 71.8% were from a Protestant
  Protestantism
  
  Protestantism is a movement within Christianity that originated in the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation. It is considered to be one of the three principal traditions of Christianity, together with Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy....
   background
• 3.1% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed

Religion

Education

• Annalong Primary School
  Annalong Primary School
  
  Annalong Primary School is an independent English-medium primary education located in the village of Annalong, County Down, Northern Ireland. It caters for girls and boys aged from 3 to 11 from the village and its rural environs....
  
• Moneydarragh Primary School
  Moneydarragh Primary School
  
  Moneydarragh Primary School is a small rural school located on the Longstone Road, Annalong in County Down, Northern Ireland....
  

See also

• List of villages in Northern Ireland
  List of villages in Northern Ireland
  
  This is a list page for villages in Northern Ireland.The defines a town as having a population of 4,500 or more. Settlements of 2,250 to 4,500 people are defined as intermediate settlements, villages are defined as having populations of 1,000 to 2,250 people and small villages and hamlets are defined as having fewer than 1,000 people ...
  
• List of towns in Northern Ireland
  List of towns in Northern Ireland
  
  This is a list page for towns in Northern Ireland. In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, a town is any settlement which has received a charter of incorporation, more commonly known as a town charter, approved by the monarch....