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Clough ( KLOKH; from Irish an Chloch, meaning 'the stone') is a village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It sits about 3 miles from Dundrum on the A2 between Newcastle and Belfast. The A2 continues via Downpatrick and the coast via Strangford and the Portaferry – Strangford Ferry to Portaferry to Belfast, whilst most road traffic heads along from Clough along the A24 via Carryduff to Belfast. It had a population of 255 people in the 2001 census. Clough is situated within the Newry, Mourne and Down area.




Places of interest



Clough Castle, an excellent example of an Anglo-Norman motte-and-bailey castle with stone tower.




Etymology


A map of 1634 marked the village as Machaeracate and the castle is Cloch Mhachaire Cat "Stone castle of the plain of the cat". This comes from a local legend of the chase of magic cat.




References






External links


NI Neighbourhood Information Service
Culture Northern Ireland

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