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Carlingford
Lough
(Loch Cairlinn in Irish) (Cairlinn being shortened form
of "Cathair Linn" literally translated as "City of the Pool") is
a sea loch that forms part of the international border between
Northern Ireland to the north and the Republic of Ireland to the south. At its extreme
interior angle (the northwest corner) it is fed by the Newry
River and the Newry Canal, which link it to the nearby city of
Newry (the Canal continues on towards the River Bann and Lough
Neagh; the river, under the name River Clanrye, loops around
County Down).
On the northern side, in County Down,
are the coastal towns of Warrenpoint and Rostrevor, backed by
the Mountains of Mourne, and on the southern side are Omeath,
Carlingford and Greenore, all on the
Cooley Peninsula in
County Louth.
On 3
November 1916 two steamers, the SS Connemara and the
SS Retriever, collided and sank in the loch with the loss of
94 lives.
It is
believed a ghost ship can be seen on Carlingford Lough on the
night before a disaster. It was apparently seen the night before
the the crash between the Connemara
and the Retriever.
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