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Clough

For other uses, see Clough (disambiguation).

54°17′20″N 5°50′06″W / 54.289°N 5.835°W / 54.289; -5.835

Entering Clough from Downpatrick

Clough (/ˈklɒx/ KLOKH;[1] from Irish An Chloch, meaning 'stone or stone building')[2] 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 and on 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

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Clough Castle

Etymology

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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.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Wells, John C. (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Longman. ISBN 978-1-4058-8118-0.
  2. ^ "An Chloch/Clough". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
  3. ^ Muhr, Kay (2005). "An Elizabethan map of north-east Down". Lecale Review. 3: 11.
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