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Rostrevor (in Irish
Irish language

Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic languages of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people....
: Ros Treabhair, ie Trevor’s Wood, also Caisleán Ruairí, ie Rory's Castle) is a village
Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban area neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon....
 in County Down
County Down

County Down is one of the nine Counties of Ireland that form the province of Ulster and one of six counties that form Northern Ireland. The county forms an area of ....
, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland

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. It lies on Carlingford Lough
Carlingford Lough

Carlingford Lough is a sea loch that forms part of the international border between Northern Ireland to the north and the Republic of Ireland to the south....
 and the hill of Slieve Martin, at the base of the Mourne Mountains and on the Kilbroney River.






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Rostrevor (in Irish
Irish language

Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic languages of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people....
: Ros Treabhair, ie Trevor’s Wood, also Caisleán Ruairí, ie Rory's Castle) is a village
Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban area neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon....
 in County Down
County Down

County Down is one of the nine Counties of Ireland that form the province of Ulster and one of six counties that form Northern Ireland. The county forms an area of ....
, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland

conventional_long_name = Northern Ireland|native_name= Tuaisceart ?ireannNorlin Airlann|motto =|image_map = Europe location N-IRL2.png...
. It lies on Carlingford Lough
Carlingford Lough

Carlingford Lough is a sea loch that forms part of the international border between Northern Ireland to the north and the Republic of Ireland to the south....
 and the hill of Slieve Martin, at the base of the Mourne Mountains and on the Kilbroney River. It had a population of 2,444 in the 2001 Census
United Kingdom Census 2001

A nationwide census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th Census in the United Kingdom....
. The town is known for its folk music
Folk music

Folk music can have a number of different meanings, including:* Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous with the term "Traditional music", also often including World Music and Roots music; the term "Traditional music" was given its more specific meaning to distinguish it from the other definition...
 festival, . It lies within the Newry and Mourne District Council
Newry and Mourne District Council

Newry and Mourne District Council is a local council in Northern Ireland. It includes much of the south of County Armagh and the south of County Down and has a population of approximately 93,400....
 area. The name 'Rostrevor' first appeared circa 1618 and was named after Rose Ussher (the daughter of Henry Ussher, the Anglican Archbishop of Armagh) by her husband Edward Trevor
Edward Trevor

Sir Edward Trevor was the founder of the fortunes of the Trevor dynasty, a major family of Denbighshire.While on military service in Ireland, Edward Trevor married into a landed family and thus acquired the Rostrevor estate in County Down....
 (who came from Brynkynallt in Wales
Wales

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).

Places of interest

Kilfeaghan Dolmen County Down
*Nearby Cloughmore
Cloughmore

Cloughmore, known locally as "The Big Stone", , is a huge granite boulder found about 1,000 feet above the village of Rostrevor, County Down, Northern Ireland, on a relatively flat area on the side of Slieve Martin mountain, known as Fiddler's Green....
 (An Chloch Mhór in Irish or big stone) and the Kilfeaghan dolmen are big stones surrounded by legends. Cloughmore is a 30-ton granite
Granite

Granite is a common and widely occurring type of Intrusion , felsic, igneous rock rock . Granite has a medium to coarse texture, occasionally with some individual crystals larger than the groundmass forming a rock known as Porphyry ....
 rock perched on the slopes of Slieve Meen, 1000 ft above the village of Rostrevor. It was deposited there by retreating glacier
Glacier

A glacier is a large, slow-moving mass of ice, formed from compacted layers of snow, that slowly deforms and flows in response to gravity and high pressure....
s during the Ice Age
Ice age

The general term "ice age" or, more precisely, "glacial age" denotes a geological period of long-term reduction in the temperature of the Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in an expansion of continental ice sheets, polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers....
. However, local legend says the giant stone was tossed across Carlingford Lough
Carlingford Lough

Carlingford Lough is a sea loch that forms part of the international border between Northern Ireland to the north and the Republic of Ireland to the south....
 from the Cooley mountains opposite, during a fight between the legendary Irish giant Finn McCool and his archrival Ruscaire, the Ice Giant. One can see the outline of a sleeping Finn McCool in the Cooley Mountains from some places in Rostrevor. Also, walking around the stone seven times will apparently bring good luck.
  • Kilfeaghan Dolmen is situated on the main Kilkeel
    Kilkeel

    Kilkeel is a small town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is the main fishing port on the Down coast, and the town?s harbour houses one of the largest fishing fleets in Ireland....
     to Newry
    Newry

    Newry is the fourth-largest City status in the United Kingdom in Northern Ireland and eighth on the island of Ireland. The River Clanrye, which runs through the city, forms the historic border between County Armagh and County Down: Newry was included entirely in the latter by the Local Government Act 1898....
     road about three and three quarter miles from Rostrevor. It is a prehistoric dolmen and the site is dated between 2000 and 1000 BC. The capstone
    Capstone

    A capstone or coping stone is one of the finishing or protective stones that form the top of an exterior masonry wall or building. The term is also used for the stones making up the covering structure of an archaeological tomb....
     is said to be one of the biggest in Ireland
    Ireland

    Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
     and is estimated to weigh between 35 and 40 tons. Excavations at the site earlier this century unearthed various bones and pottery.
  • The old church (supposedly built on an original site established by St Bronagh) stands in the graveyard on the Kilbroney road. It became a listed building
    Listed building

    A listed building in the United Kingdom is a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural, historical or cultural significance....
     in 1983.
  • Henry's Bar in the square is known world wide for its no T.V. but great Craic/Guinness policy!


The Troubles


For more information see The Troubles in Rostrevor
The Troubles in Rostrevor

The Troubles in Rostrevor recounts incidents during, and the effects of, The Troubles in Rostrevor, County Down, Northern Ireland.Incidents in Rostrevor during the Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities:...
, which includes a list of incidents in Rostrevor during the Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities.

People

  • Rostrevor was the birthplace of Major General Robert Ross-of-Bladensburg
    Robert Ross (general)

    Major General Robert Ross-of-Bladensburg was a British people British Army officer who participated in the Napoleonic War and the War of 1812....
    , a British commander during the American War of Independence
    American Revolutionary War

    The American Revolutionary War , also known as the American War of Independence, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and Thirteen Colonies on the North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers....
    . After defeating an American force at Bladensburgh in 1814, he entered Washington on August 24 and burned many buildings including the White House
    White House

    The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., it was built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the late Georgian architecture and has been the executive residence of every U.S....
    , and some say this is where the name of the White House came from, as the paint was used to cover the burn marks. Not long after, he was killed at the Battle of Baltimore
    Battle of Baltimore

    In the Battle of Baltimore, one of the turning points in the War of 1812, United States forces warded off a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sea invasion of the busy port city of Baltimore, Maryland....
    . Ross's Monument stands above the Warrenpoint Road on the edge of the village. It is a tall granite obelisk erected to his memory in 1826. Gerard Fay, a Rostrevor architect, travelled to Bladensburg to do some research on the incident, and to his surprise found a monument built over there,
  • Rostrevor is also the birthplace of Ben Dunne, founder of the chain store Dunnes Stores
    Dunnes Stores

    Dunnes often Dunnes Stores is a supermarket and clothing retail chain based in Dublin in the Republic of Ireland.The chain primarily sells food, clothes and household wares....
    .
  • Famous within Ireland is Rostrevor born Peter McGrath. He managed the Down
    Down GAA

    The Down County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Down GAA is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Down....
     Gaelic football
    Gaelic football

    Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football", "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland. It is, together with hurling, one of the two most popular spectator sports in Ireland today....
     team to All-Ireland
    All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

    The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in Ireland. The series of games are organized by the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the summer months with the All-Ireland Football Final being played on the third or fourth Sunday in September in Crok...
     titles in 1991 and 1994, and the Ireland team for the International Rules
    International rules football

    International rules football is a Hybrid sports football, which was developed to facilitate international representative matches between Australian rules football players and Gaelic football players....
     series.
  • Sir Francis Stronge
    Francis Stronge

    Sir Francis William Stronge KCMG , was a senior UK diplomat and the second son of John Stronge and Lady Margaret Stronge. Sir Francis never inherited the baronetcy but was later knighted in his own right....
     lived in Kilbroney House.


Education


  • Convent of Mercy Primary School
  • St. Mary's Boys Primary School
Both merged to form
  • St. Bronagh's Primary School


Other Schools:
  • Killowen Primary School
    Killowen Primary School

    Killowen Primary School may refer to:* Killowen Primary School , County Londonderry, Northern Ireland* Killowen Primary School , Killowen, County Down, Northern Ireland...
  • Kilbroney Primary School


Horse Tram

  • Rostrevor Tram station opened on 1 August 1877 with a horse drawn tram service to Warrenpoint. It closed in February 1915.


2001 Census

Rostrevor is classified as an intermediate settlement by the (ie population between 2,250 and 4,500). On Census day (30 April 2001) there were 2,444 people living in Rostrevor. Of these:
  • 25.7% were aged under 16 years and 17.8% were aged 60 and over
  • 48.7% of the population were male and 51.3% were female
  • 92.5% 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 6.1% 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
  • 5.1% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed.


For more details see:

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....
  • Rostrevor College
    Rostrevor College

    Rostrevor College is a Roman Catholic Church in Australia, Day school and boarding school for boys', located in Woodforde, a suburb 15 minutes from the Central business district of Adelaide, South Australia, South Australia....
    , a large school in Adelaide, Australia named after 'Rostrevor House', the main historic mansion residence constructed on the site in 1878 which itself was named after Rostrevor, Northern Ireland.