Carlingford Today:
The village is vibrant with nine great restaurants, seven pubs, and good shopping for home cooking, The butcher prides himself on the quality of the locally reared lamb and beef. Carlingford Oysters are famous too. There is music in almost all the pubs at the weekend and a disco in the local hotel for the 'young at heart'. Guide to the area supplied with each booking.
It is also one of the most active villages in Ireland with walking and sailing very popular. The Carlingford Adventure centre runs courses all year round for both land and water-based activities.
Horse-riding stables, five minutes away.
Cookery school at Ghan House nearby.
Events:
During the year and not just in high season, there are many activities taking place in and around the village. Walking tours are available most weekends and there is a guide who can be hired locally for private tours and trips. The Heritage Centre often has talks, recitals and musical events. For children there is a lovely playground, and they can explore the castles and ruins of the ancient abbey. There are public tennis courts in the village, that anyone can use. Carlingford is a living village, not just a holiday destination.
Carlingford Oyster Festival, 4-6 September.
Within an Hour of the Village:
Newgrange - the 3,000 BC buriel chambers,
Proleek Dolmen - Standing stones., more than 2,000 years old,
Hill of Tara - seat of the High Kings of Ireland,
Battle of the Boyne site and the Boyne Drive,
15 Golf Courses,
Mountains of Mourne - great for walking - maps supplied too,
Slieve Gullion Forest Drive,
Mellifont Abbey - first Cistercian monastery in Itreland, 1142,
Trim Castle - used in the movie Braveheart - largest Anglo-Norman castle in Ireland 1172.
Great shopping in Newry at the Quays and Buttercrane centres.
Golf:
Two great course on the Cooley Peninsula, Greenore 2kms, and Ballymacscanlon 10kms.
Other Activities:
Adventure centre in Village, land band water activities. For children and adults.
