Clough
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Clough (Template:IPAc-en Script error: No such module "Respell".;[1] Template:Irish derived place name) 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 Script error: No such module "Lang". "Stone castle of the plain of the cat". This comes from a local legend of the chase of magic cat.[2]
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