Burren, County Down
| Burren | |
| Irish: an Bhoirinn | |
| The Burren | |
  Burren |
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| District | Newry and Mourne |
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| County | County Down |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | BT34 |
| Dialling code | 028 |
| EU Parliament | Northern Ireland |
| UK Parliament | South Down |
| NI Assembly | South Down |
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Coordinates: 54°07′55″N 6°15′50″W / 54.132°N 6.264°W
Burren (from Irish: an Bhoirinn, meaning "the rocky district")[1] is a small townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is near Newry and is a townland of Warrenpoint.
Places of interest
Burren Heritage Centre is a converted national school at the foot of the Mourne Mountains, telling the story of the area.
In the year 1927, Tamnaharry Park became a convent when the (Irish) Dominican Sisters of South Africa purchased the property. The new Convent Chapel of Our Lady of the Assumption was dedicated, and its high altar consecrated, by Bishop Mulhern on May 24, 1939. Dr P. Clery, O.P., Dean of Dublin, preached the dedication sermon. By 1945, the Sisters had acquired a new novitiate in County Kildare and were succeeded in Tamnaharry by the Sisters of St Joseph of the Apparition. The house remained in religious hands until 1969, when the Morton Family of Banbridge bought it.
Famous residents
James Larkin the trade union organiser and socialist activist was once resident here. The 1960s civil rights activist Conn McCluskey was from the area, and was buried there in 2013.
The UTV Live and U105 presenter Frank Mitchell was born and raised in Burren.
South Down MLA P. J. Bradley lives in Burren.
Paddy O'Rourke and James McCartan, Junior the Armagh and Down inter-county football managers are both from Burren. Gary Walsh won an All-Ireland with Donegal in 1992 and Brendan McKernan (and countless others) with Down in 1991. Kevin McKernan Anton McArdle, Declan Rooney, Daniel McCartan, Eoin McCartan, Gerard McCartan and Donal O'Hare are all current members of the Down team.
Education and sport
Carrick Primary School and two pre-schools are located in the village, Carrick has 417 pupils while nearby Clontifleece Primary School (a rural school) closed in 2013 with 34 children enrolled.[2]
Gaelic football is a popular sport in Burren and the local team, St. Mary's Burren GAA, enjoyed considerable success at national level during the 1980s winning the All-Ireland club football title on two occasions — 1986 and 1988 as well as winning five Ulster club titles and 2 Ulster Under-21. Burren are the most successful Down club. They enjoyed good runs in Ulster in 2010 and 2011, reaching the final in 2011 losing to a strong Crossmaglen team.
References
- ↑ Placenames NI
- ↑ http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/debateni/press-feed/odowd-announces-closure-of-clontifleece-primary-school-warrenpoint-29517596.html
- "Burren, County Down". Culture Northern Ireland.
- "Burren Heritage Centre". Ireland's Eye.
