Dundrum Village

Dundrum is located about five miles north of Newcastle and thirty five miles south of Belfast, the town is located on Dundrum inner bay

The founding of the town is credited by many to John de Courcy a Norman adventurer who came to Ireland as part of the Norman invasion which began around 1169.

Dundrum is referred to in the Irish Annals and appears to have been a site of some importance in at the time of the Red Branch Knights who flourished in the third century ad.

In the nineteenth century Dundrum Harbour was moderinised two Scottish brother named Dunlop were engaged to plan and oversee the work.

Read about Dundrum in 1837 from Lewis' Topographical Survey of Ireland.