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Down</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">2,467 (<a href="/wiki/2011_United_Kingdom_census" title="2011 United Kingdom census">2011 Census</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Northern_Ireland" title="Local government in Northern Ireland">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armagh_City,_Banbridge_and_Craigavon_Borough_Council" title="Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council">Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Counties of Northern Ireland">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/County_Down" title="County Down">County Down</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="country-name"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Sovereign state</a></th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Post_town" title="Post town">Post town</a></th><td class="infobox-data">NEWRY</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postcodes_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Postcodes in the United Kingdom">Postcode district</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/BT_postcode_area" title="BT postcode area">BT34</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom">Dialling code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">028</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Constituencies_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom">UK Parliament</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_Down_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Down (UK Parliament constituency)">South Down</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_parliamentary_constituencies_in_Northern_Ireland" 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places</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_locations" title="List of United Kingdom locations">UK</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Northern_Ireland" title="List of places in Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_County_Down" title="List of places in County Down">Down</a></dd></dl></div> <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Rathfriland&params=54.238_N_6.161_W_region:GB_type:city(2467)"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">54°14′17″N</span> <span class="longitude">6°09′40″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">54.238°N 6.161°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">54.238; -6.161</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Rathfriland</b> (from <a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a> <span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga">Ráth Fraoileann</i></span>, meaning '<a href="/wiki/Ringfort" title="Ringfort">ringfort</a> of Fraoile')<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a market <a href="/wiki/Town" title="Town">town</a> in <a href="/wiki/County_Down" title="County Down">County Down</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>. It is 8 miles (13 km) north-east of <a href="/wiki/Newry" title="Newry">Newry</a> town centre. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rathfriland&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In older documents written in English, the town's name was usually spelt <i>Rathfylan</i> or <i>Rathfrilan</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-logainm_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-logainm-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was once the capital of the <a href="/wiki/Magennis" title="Magennis">Magennis</a> family, the <a href="/wiki/Gaelic_Ireland" title="Gaelic Ireland">Gaelic</a> lords of <a href="/wiki/Iveagh" title="Iveagh">Iveagh</a>. They built <a href="/wiki/Rathfriland_Castle" title="Rathfriland Castle">a castle</a> there in the late 16th century.<sup id="cite_ref-PNI_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PNI-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ruins (south gable 30 by 25 feet (9.1 m × 7.6 m)) may still be seen on the hill upon which Rathfriland sits. It was a square building of 3-4 storeys with a stone barrel vault on the ground floor to lessen the risk of fire. The castle was battered down during the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Confederate_Wars" title="Irish Confederate Wars">Irish Confederate Wars</a> and much of the remainder was carried off by William Hawkins of London, the first Protestant landowner there after the war. The stones were used to build the Town Inn (the building of which still stands on the corner of The Square and Newry Street) and other houses in the village.<sup id="cite_ref-PNI_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PNI-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1760 the Market House, which dominates the main square, was built for the linen market by Miss Theodosia McGill. An old map of 1776 prepared for the Meade Estate shows streets, lanes, tenements and gardens forming the early village. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>A clock-faced <a href="/wiki/War_memorial" title="War memorial">war memorial</a> stands in the square on the southeastern side. To this day, the names Meade, Maginess and Hawkins live on in Rathfriland, most notably in Iveagh Primary School where the three surnames are the name of the 'sporting houses' or teams and are used on sports day. </p><p>Rathfriland lies in <a href="/wiki/County_Down" title="County Down">County Down</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Barony_(Ireland)" title="Barony (Ireland)">baronies</a> of <a href="/wiki/Iveagh_Lower,_Lower_Half" title="Iveagh Lower, Lower Half">Iveagh Lower, Lower Half</a> and <a href="/wiki/Iveagh_Upper,_Upper_Half" title="Iveagh Upper, Upper Half">Iveagh Upper, Upper Half</a>, the townlands of Rossconor and Lessize, the district electoral area of Knockiveagh, and the civil parishes of <a href="/wiki/Drumballyroney" title="Drumballyroney">Drumballyroney</a> and <a href="/wiki/Drumgath" title="Drumgath">Drumgath</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rathfriland&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Primary schools in the area include Iveagh Primary School (a coeducational primary school that educates around 350 pupils aged from 3 to 11) and St Mary's Primary School.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Rathfriland High School is a local secondary school. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rathfriland&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rathfriland was served by <a href="/wiki/Ballyroney_railway_station" title="Ballyroney railway station">Ballyroney railway station</a>, only a few miles away. Goods and passengers were transported from the station to the village. The former <a href="/wiki/Great_Northern_Railway_(Ireland)" title="Great Northern Railway (Ireland)">GNR (I)</a> line between Banbridge and Newcastle was shut down in 1955 by the <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Transport_Authority" title="Ulster Transport Authority">UTA</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Translink_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Translink (Northern Ireland)">Translink</a> now operates daily services between Rathfriland and Banbridge, Newry and Newcastle. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rathfriland&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Rathfriland_Rangers_F.C." title="Rathfriland Rangers F.C.">Rathfriland Rangers F.C.</a> play <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">association football</a> in the <a href="/wiki/NIFL_Premier_Intermediate_League" title="NIFL Premier Intermediate League">NIFL Premier Intermediate League</a>. </p><p>Other sporting clubs include: </p> <ul><li>Rathfriland F.C. - formed in 1962.</li> <li>Rathfriland Bowling Club - level green bowls.</li> <li>Rathfriland Junior F.C. - formed in 2002.</li> <li>Drumgath G.A.C. - Gaelic games.</li> <li>Rathfriland Angling Club - game fishing On the Upper <a href="/wiki/River_Bann" title="River Bann">River Bann</a> and Drumlough Lake.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demography">Demography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rathfriland&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Demography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rathfriland is classified as a village by the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Statistics_and_Research_Agency" title="Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency">Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency</a> (NISRA).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On census day (2021) there were 2,490 people living in Rathfriland.<sup id="cite_ref-Census2021_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2021-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of these: 40% were from a Catholic background, 29% were from a Presbyterian background, 8% were from a Church of Ireland background, <1% Methodist, Other Christian religions 9%, Other religions 1%, No religion/Not stated 13% <sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rathfriland&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The town has had its own newspaper (<i><a href="/wiki/The_Outlook_(Rathfriland)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Outlook (Rathfriland)">The Outlook</a></i>) since 1940. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rathfriland&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:People_from_Rathfriland" title="Category:People from Rathfriland">Category:People from Rathfriland</a></div> <p>Notable people with local connections include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agnes_Macready" title="Agnes Macready">Agnes Macready</a> Australia's first war correspondent was born here in 1855.<sup id="cite_ref-:www2_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:www2-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodosia_Meade,_Countess_of_Clanwilliam" title="Theodosia Meade, Countess of Clanwilliam">Theodosia Meade, Countess of Clanwilliam</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Bront%C3%AB" title="Patrick Brontë">Patrick Brontë</a>, the father of the <a href="/wiki/Bront%C3%AB" class="mw-redirect" title="Brontë">Brontë</a> sisters (Charlotte, Emily and Anne) was born in 1777 in a cottage in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Edenagarry&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Edenagarry (page does not exist)">Edenagarry</a> on the outskirts of <a href="/wiki/Annaclone" title="Annaclone">Annaclone</a>, where he lived until a local vicar paid his way to <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Cambridge University">Cambridge University</a> in 1802. He preached and taught at Drumballyroney Church and School House, between Rathfriland and Moneyslane. The Brontë Homeland Interpretative Centre is at <a href="/wiki/Drumballyroney" title="Drumballyroney">Drumballyroney</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_George_Scott" class="mw-redirect" title="Andrew George Scott">Andrew George Scott</a> (alias "<a href="/wiki/Captain_Moonlite" title="Captain Moonlite">Captain Moonlight</a>") was born in Rathfriland in 1842 in a house on Castle Hill. A notorious Australian <a href="/wiki/Bushranger" title="Bushranger">bushranger</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Byers" title="Margaret Byers">Margaret Byers</a> (née Morrow) was born in Rathfriland in 1832. Margaret Byers was a teacher, a businesswoman, a pioneer of higher education for girls, a philanthropist and a <a href="/wiki/Suffragist" class="mw-redirect" title="Suffragist">suffragist</a>. She was given an honorary degree by <a href="/wiki/Trinity_College,_Dublin" class="mw-redirect" title="Trinity College, Dublin">Trinity College, Dublin</a> in 1905, and in 1908 <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_University,_Belfast" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen's University, Belfast">Queen's University, Belfast</a> appointed her to its senate.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Brooks_(Bishop)" class="mw-redirect" title="Francis Brooks (Bishop)">Francis Brooks</a> (1924-2010) was born in Rathfriland. He was a former <a href="/wiki/Bishop" title="Bishop">bishop</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Dromore" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Dromore">Roman Catholic Diocese of Dromore</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Huston_Dodd" title="William Huston Dodd">William Huston Dodd</a> (1844–1930) was born in Rathfriland, and was educated at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Belfast_Academical_Institution" title="Royal Belfast Academical Institution">Royal Belfast Academical Institution</a> and <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_College,_Belfast" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen's College, Belfast">Queen's College, Belfast</a>. In 1873 he was <a href="/wiki/Called_to_the_bar" class="mw-redirect" title="Called to the bar">called to the bar</a> and served as a <a href="/wiki/High_Court_judge_(England_and_Wales)" title="High Court judge (England and Wales)">High Court judge</a> from 1907 to 1924.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Shea_(civil_servant)" title="Patrick Shea (civil servant)">Patrick Shea</a> <a href="/wiki/OBE" class="mw-redirect" title="OBE">OBE</a> (1908–1986) was born in County Westmeath and since his father was a policeman, he spent his childhood in Athlone, Clones, County Monaghan, Rathfriland and Newry, County Down. Patrick Shea joined the Northern Ireland Civil Service and attained the rank of permanent secretary in the Department of Education. He wrote <i>Voices and the Sound of Drums</i>. He was made an honorary member of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Society_of_Ulster_Architects" title="Royal Society of Ulster Architects">Royal Society of Ulster Architects</a> in 1971 and a fellow of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Society_of_Arts" title="Royal Society of Arts">Royal Society of Arts</a> in 1977.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McAlery" title="John McAlery">John McAlery</a> (1848/49–1925), Irish <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">association football</a> pioneer, founder of first Irish football team (<a href="/wiki/Cliftonville_F.C." title="Cliftonville F.C.">Cliftonville F.C.</a>) in 1879, captained <a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_football_team_(1882%E2%80%931950)" title="Ireland national football team (1882–1950)">Ireland</a> in its first-ever international match in 1882</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catherine_O%E2%80%99Hare_Schubert&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Catherine O’Hare Schubert (page does not exist)">Catherine O’Hare Schubert</a> (born 23 April 1835 in Rathfriland, County Down, Ireland; died 18 July 1918 in Armstrong, British Columbia). Catherine Schubert was the only female member of the 1862 Overlanders, a group of some 150 settlers who travelled from Fort Garry (now Winnipeg, Manitoba) to the interior of British Columbia, following the Cariboo Gold Rush. <sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rathfriland&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Toner, G Ó Mainnín, M (1992). <i>Place-Names of Northern Ireland Volume One. 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