Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Newcastle

Newcastle.-- seaport town with ry. sta., Kilcoo par., S. co. Down, on Dundrum Bay, 11 miles SW. of Down-patrick, pop. 840; P.O., T.O.; is resorted to for bath-ing. Many of the inhabitants are employed in fishing. The town is finely situated near the base of Slieve Donard mountain.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "seaport town"   (ADL Feature Type: "harbors")
Administrative units: Down IrlC
Place: Newcastle

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