What is Rostrevor?
[[File:Bilingual welcome sign Rostrevor.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Welcome to Rostrevor.]] '''Rostrevor''' (in [[Irish language|Irish]]: ''Ros Treabhair'', i.e. Trevor’s Wood, also ''Caislean Ruairi'', i.e. Rory's Castle) is a [[village]] in [[County Down]], [[Northern Ireland]]. It is on [[Carlingford Lough]] and the hill of [[Slieve Martin]], at the base of the [[Mourne Mountains]] and on the [[Kilbroney River]]. It had a [[population]] of 2,444 in the [[2001]] [[Census]]. The town is known for its [[folk music]] festival, [http://www.fiddlersgreenfestival.co.uk/ Fiddler's Green Festival] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013065104/http://fiddlersgreenfestival.co.uk/ |date=2007-10-13 }}. It is in the [[Newry and Mourne District Council]] area. The name 'Rostrevor' first appeared circa 1618 and was named after Rose Ussher (the daughter of Henry Ussher, the Anglican Archbishop of Armagh) by her husband [[Edward Trevor]] (who came from Brynkynallt in [[Wales]]).<ref>[http://www.raymondscountydownwebsite.com/html/mourne8.htm Raymonds County Down]</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{multistub|geo|UK}} [[Category:Villages in Northern Ireland]] [[Category:County Down]] [[Category:1610s establishments in Europe]] [[Category:Establishments in Northern Ireland]]