Warrenpoint
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Template:Infobox Irish Place Warrenpoint (Warrenpoint is often mistranslated into Irish as "An Phointe" meaning "The Point" whereas the correct translation is "Rinn Mhic Giolla Rua" meaning "the point of The Red Headed Servant") is a small 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. It had a population of 7,000 people in the 2001 Census. The town is known for the Maiden of the Mournes festival and for the nearby Narrow Water Castle dating from the 1660s. Also nearby is the Burren Heritage Centre. Warrenpoint docks is capable of handling large vessels.
Until around the late 17th Century Warrenpoint was all but a series of mud-huts used by fishermen. The development of the town didn't really begin until Victorian times when seaside holidays became popular.
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2001 Census
Warrenpoint is classified as a Small Town by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (ie with population between 4,500 and 10,000 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 7,000 people living in Warrenpoint. Of these:
- 26.7% were aged under 16 years and 16.8% were aged 60 and over
- 48.3% of the population were male and 51.7% were female
- 90.0% were from a Catholic background and 8.5% were from a Protestant background
- 4.3% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed
For more details see: NI Neighbourhood Information Service
The Troubles
- 27 August 1979 - The ambush of British soldiers by the Provisional Irish Republican Army near Warrenpoint, at Narrow Water Castle is often referred to as the Warrenpoint massacre [1]