Clough

Clough (/ˈklɒx/ KLOKH;^[1] 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.

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

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.^[2]

[1]
Wells, John C. (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Longman. ISBN 978-1-4058-8118-0.
[2]
Muhr, Kay (2005). "An Elizabethan map of north-east Down". Lecale Review. 3: 11.

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[1] [1]
Wells, John C. (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Longman. ISBN 978-1-4058-8118-0.

[2] [2]
Muhr, Kay (2005). "An Elizabethan map of north-east Down". Lecale Review. 3: 11.

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