Warrenpoint

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Warrenpoint Irish: An Pointe[1] / Pointe an Bháirínigh[2]
Town
Clockwise from top left Town from Slieve Martin, Elk at town entrance, Public Baths at Seaview, Warrenpoint from Flagstaff, Warrenpoint Port, Old Narrow Water Castle
Location within County Down
Population	9,091 (2021 Census)
Irish grid reference	J145180
District	Newry, Mourne and Down
County	County Down
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NEWRY
Postcode district	BT34
Dialling code	028
UK Parliament	South Down
NI Assembly	South Down
List of places UK Northern Ireland Down 54°05′56″N 6°14′56″W / 54.0988°N 6.2490°W / 54.0988; -6.2490

Warrenpoint (Irish: An Pointe)^[1] is a small port town and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It sits at the head of Carlingford Lough, south of Newry, and is separated from the Republic of Ireland by a narrow strait. The town is beside the village of Rostrevor and is overlooked by the Mournes and Cooley Mountains. Warrenpoint sprang up within the townland of Ringmackilroy (from Irish Rinn Mhic Giolla Ruaidh 'McIlroy's point'), and is locally nicknamed "The Point", which also represents the town's full name in Irish, An Pointe".

Warrenpoint is known for its scenic location, the Maiden of Mourne festival, the Blues on the Bay music festival, the passenger ferry service between Warrenpoint and Omeath and the nearby Narrow Water Castle. Warrenpoint Port is second in terms of tonnage handled by ports in Northern Ireland. It had a population of 9,091 at the 2021 Census.^[3]