Sheeptown
Sheeptown is a small village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies to the northeast of Newry, on the old road between Newry and Rathfriland.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sacred Heart Grammar School and Newry High School.
Sacred Heart Grammar School
School
Sacred Heart Grammar School, Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, is a grammar school with 855 students and 51 full-time teachers. Established in 1930 by the Sisters of St. Clare. It is one of Northern Ireland’s top grammar schools. Sacred Heart Grammar School is situated 2 miles southwest of Sheeptown.
Newry High School
School
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newry High School is a secondary school in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK. It is a controlled, co-educational school for pupils aged 11–18. As of 2023, the principal was Iestyn Brown. Newry High School is situated 2 miles southwest of Sheeptown.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newry and Lurganare.
Newry
Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Newry is a town straddling the boundary between County Down and County Armagh in Northern Ireland, five miles north of the border with the Republic of Ireland.
Lurganare
Hamlet
Photo: Brian Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lurganare is a small village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland, four miles north of Newry. It had a population of 195 at the 2001 census. It lies within the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council area. Lurganare is situated 3 miles northwest of Sheeptown.
Mayobridge
Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mayobridge is a village within County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies on the small river Clanrye, which divides the townlands of Mayo and Bavan, 4.4 miles east of Newry. Mayobridge is situated 3 miles southeast of Sheeptown.
Sheeptown
- Type: Hamlet with 309 residents
- Description: village in County Down, Northern Ireland, UK
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Newry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.20441° or 54° 12′ 16″ northLongitude
-6.29319° or 6° 17′ 36″ westPopulation
309Open location code
9C6M6P34+QPOpenStreetMap ID
node 12925756256OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletWikidata ID
Q7492476
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