Francis's Guidebook
Food scene
15 min drive from the cottage - organic food. Amazing breakfast and lunch. A really special place to visit. Open daily from 8am to 5pm
34 locals recommend
Strandfield
15 min drive from the cottage - organic food. Amazing breakfast and lunch. A really special place to visit. Open daily from 8am to 5pm
Camocha
Main Street10 min drive away
Great for breakfast and lunch
Award winning local restaurant opened from Thursday to Sunday. Booking advisable
8 locals recommend
The Yellow Heifer
16 Main StAward winning local restaurant opened from Thursday to Sunday. Booking advisable
Fiships
Main StreetGreat for fish and chips. 10 min drive from cottage
Silverbridge Takeaway
33 Silverbridge Road5 min drive speacilises in Chinese 🥡🥢
Sightseeing
On top of Slievegullion there's the reward of a mountain lake and a Neolithic passage tomb which predates the pyramids. It more than equals the better-known Newgrange, especially during the winter solstice.
10 min drive from the cottage. Lovely hikes and a scenic mountain drive.
49 locals recommend
Slieve Gullion Forest Park
89 Drumintee RdOn top of Slievegullion there's the reward of a mountain lake and a Neolithic passage tomb which predates the pyramids. It more than equals the better-known Newgrange, especially during the winter solstice.
10 min drive from the cottage. Lovely hikes and a scenic mountain drive.
In 100 hectares of meadows and woods lies Derrymore House, built at the end of the 18th century in a quaint gentrified vernacular style.
You’ll know what this means when you see the property, now managed by the National Trust.
In the fashion of a “cottage orné”, popular in the period, Derrymore House has a thatched roof made from Shannon reeds.
This belies the high status of the building, which was a summer lodge for Newry’s MP Isaac Corry.
For £2 you can go in to view the drawing room, or amble for free through the blissful grounds, which make up the final stretch of the Ring of Gullion Way.
National Trust - Derrymore House
In 100 hectares of meadows and woods lies Derrymore House, built at the end of the 18th century in a quaint gentrified vernacular style.
You’ll know what this means when you see the property, now managed by the National Trust.
In the fashion of a “cottage orné”, popular in the period, Derrymore House has a thatched roof made from Shannon reeds.
This belies the high status of the building, which was a summer lodge for Newry’s MP Isaac Corry.
For £2 you can go in to view the drawing room, or amble for free through the blissful grounds, which make up the final stretch of the Ring of Gullion Way.