Burren, County Down

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Burren (from the Irish: An Bhoirinn meaning "the rocky district or large stone") is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland, near to Newry and Warrenpoint. Most of the houses in the village are modern and even the commemorative village green was only built recently.

1 Places of interest
2 Famous residents
3 References
4 See also

[edit] Places of interest

Burren Heritage Centre is a converted national school at the foot of the Mourne Mountains, telling the story of the area.

In the year 1927, Tamnaharry Park became a convent when the (Irish) Dominican Sisters of South Africa purchased the property from a Mrs. Bradley. The new Convent Chapel of Our Lady of the Assumption was dedicated, and its High Altar consecrated, by Bishop Mulhern on 24th. May, 1939. Very Rev. Dr. P. Clery O.P., Dublin, preached the dedication sermon. By 1945, the Sisters had acquired a new novitiate in Co. Kildare and, in that year, they were succeeded in Tamnaharry by the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition. This congregation of nuns was founded in France, by Saint Emilie de Vislar, about the middle of the 19th. Century. The Sisters had several houses in England, where they specialized in nursing and in the care of the aged. They were also to be found at their work of nursing and teaching on all five continents — in Australia, America, Asia (in Burma, Syria and Palestine), Africa, and in France (where their Motherhouse was situated in Marseilles). At Tamnaharry, postulants were received and spent some time before going to the Novitiate in Liverpool. The aged were also a special care of the Sisters, and many an elderly lady found a real "home from home" at Tamnaharry. The house remained in religious hands until 1969, when the Morton Family of Banbridge bought it. In October, 1980, Tamnaharry was sold on to Mr. J. O'Neill, a haulage contractor. To-day, the magnificent old house and grounds belong to the Downey Family, owners of Friar Tucks fast food restaurants in Newry.