Warrenpoint
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![Warrenpoint from the Cooley Mountains on the County Louth side of Carlingford Lough](/Images/godic/202502/20/Warrenpoint_from_the_Clermont_Pass_Road0631.jpg")
![Carlingford Lough at dawn](/Images/godic/202502/20/Warrenpoint_red_sky0632.jpg")
Warrenpoint is a small town and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies on the northern shore of Carlingford Lough and is separated from the Republic of Ireland by a narrow strait. The town sprang up within the townland of Ringmackilroy (fromIrish Rinn Mhic Giolla Rua, meaning "MacIlroy's point"). It is locally nicknamed "The Point".