Maritime Transport This pleasant Co Down seaside resort developed when the 'Short Sea Route' to Portpatrick in Wigtownshire, Scotland was established in 1662, a distance of twenty two miles (35.4 km) and operated for 200 years. Unfortunately, due mainly t
St. Johns Lighthouse, The Commissioners of Irish Lights, Built 1844, SS Great Britain, Killough, Northern Ireland, County Down, Fog horn, automated lighthouse, Irish Sea, Lecal Coast,
St. Johns Lighthouse, The Commissioners of Irish Lights, Built 1844, SS Great Britain, Killough, Northern Ireland, County Down, Fog horn, automated lighthouse, Irish Sea, Lecal Coast,
Situated at the entrance to Dundrum Bay. In the background are the Mourne mountains. The 1844 lighthouse was built to a height of 45 feet in 1844 and rasied to 130 feet in 1893. It is still working and is now automated.
Situated at the entrance to Dundrum Bay. The 1844 lighthouse was built to a height of 45 feet in 1844 and rasied to 130 feet in 1893. It is still working and is now automated.
St. Johns Lighthouse, The Commissioners of Irish Lights, Built 1844, SS Great Britain, Killough, Northern Ireland, County Down, Fog horn, automated lighthouse, Irish Sea, Lecal Coast,
castlewellan, castle, lake, county, down, ulster, northern, ireland, Annesleys, scottish, baronial
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The Castle, built in Scottish Baronial style in the second half of the 19th Century to replace the earlier residence of the Annesleys which was nearer the lake
The Mourne mountains Newcastle County Down Northern Ireland where they sweep down to the sea area of outstanding natural beauty written and sung about by Percy French and Don McLean major tourist attraction and favourite amongst walkers and climbers highest peak is Slieve Donard at almost 3000 feet tallest in Ulster
The Mourne mountains Newcastle County Down Northern Ireland where they sweep down to the sea area of outstanding natural beauty written and sung about by Percy French and Don McLean major tourist attraction and favourite amongst walkers and climbers highest peak is Slieve Donard at almost 3000 feet highest in Ulster
The Mourne mountains Newcastle County Down Northern Ireland where they sweep down to the sea area of outstanding natural beauty written and sung about by Percy French and Don McLean major tourist attraction and favourite amongst walkers and climbers highest peak is Slieve Donard at almost 3000 feet highest in Ulster bemwat
The melody and words 'Where the Mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea' of the popular song written by Percy French in 1896, have made the Mournes the best-known mountains in Ireland. An area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the Mourne Mountains are the most picturesque in Ireland and were the inspiraton for the writer CS Lewis's magical land of Narnia in his popular children's books the Chronicles of Narnia.