Goragh Wood
Goragh Wood is a forest in Newry, Northern Ireland. Goragh Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Lurganare, as well as near Jerrettspass.Places of Interest
Highlights include Newry railway station and MacNeill’s Egyptian Arch.
Newry railway station
Railway station
Photo: BrianG, Public domain.
Newry railway station serves the city of Newry and the village of Bessbrook in Northern Ireland. The station is located in the northwest of Newry, County Armagh on the Dublin-Belfast line close to the Craigmore Viaduct.
MacNeill’s Egyptian Arch
Bridge
Photo: National Library of Ireland on The Commons, No restrictions.
Macneill's Egyptian Arch is a railway bridge in Newry, Northern Ireland. Construction was completed in 1851 for the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Company and was the result of collaboration between engineer Sir John Macneill and constructor William Dargan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newry and Bessbrook.
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.
Bessbrook
Village
Photo: HENRY CLARK, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bessbrook is a village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It lies about three miles northwest of Newry and near the Newry bypass on the main A1 Belfast-Dublin road and Belfast-Dublin railway line.
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.
Goragh Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Newry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.2257° or 54° 13′ 32″ northLongitude
-6.3655° or 6° 21′ 56″ westOpen location code
9C6M6JGM+7QOpenStreetMap ID
way 1444772371OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Goragh Wood” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Coille Gabhrach”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Prospect Hill and Lurganare Play Area.
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