Vintage Northern Ireland Warrenpoint ad Postcard

Restored and retouched, matching borders added. Vintage travel advert for Warrenpoint and the Mountains of Mourne, Northern Ireland. Published by the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) or G.N.R. (I) Main colours (colours): purple, yellow, ochre, black. A celt warrior or king is portrayed in front of a mountain. Warrenpoint is a small town 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 (from Irish: Rinn Mhic Giolla Rua meaning "MacIlroy's point"). It is locally nicknamed "The Point". Warrenpoint is known for its scenic location, the Maiden of Mourne festival, the Blues on the Bay music festival, the passenger ferry service between Warrenpoint and Omeath and the nearby Narrow Water Castle which dates from the 1660s. The Mourne Mountains (also called the Mournes or Mountains of Mourne – pronounced morn ) are a granite mountain range in County Down in the south-east of Northern Ireland. It includes the highest mountains in Northern Ireland and the province of Ulster. The mountains are immortalised in a song written by Percy French in 1896, "The Mountains of Mourne". The song has been recorded by many artistes, including Don McLean. The Mourne Mountains also influenced C.S. Lewis to write The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe