Natural features

Murlough National Nature Reserve

United Kingdom Newry, Mourne and Down Newcastle

Murlough National Nature Reserve
Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Ireland's first nature reserve, a system of sand dunes 6,000 years old at the foot of the Mourne Mountains, with boardwalks leading to a long sandy beach. Seals often haul out at the mouth of Dundrum Bay.


The view of the Mournes from the beach is one of the best in Northern Ireland. Newcastle and Slieve Donard are close by.

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