Rathfriland

Rathfriland
Irish: *Ráth Fraoileann*
Rathfriland Irish: Ráth Fraoileann;
	Rathfriland Location within County Down
Population	2,467 (2011 Census)
District	Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon;
County	County Down;
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NEWRY
Postcode district	BT34
Dialling code	028
UK Parliament	South Down;
NI Assembly	South Down;
	List of places UK Northern Ireland Down 54°14′17″N 6°09′40″W / 54.238°N 6.161°W

Rathfriland (from Irish Ráth Fraoileann, meaning 'ringfort of Fraoile')^[1] is a market town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is 8 miles (13 km) north-east of Newry town centre.

^ Toner, G Ó Mainnín, M (1992). Place-Names of Northern Ireland Volume One. County Down I. Newry and South-West Down, p.126. The Northern Ireland Place-Name Project, Department of Celtic, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast. ISBN 0-8538-9432-9

Rathfriland Irish: Ráth Fraoileann

Rathfriland Location within County Down
Population	2,467 (2011 Census)
District	Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon
County	County Down
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NEWRY
Postcode district	BT34
Dialling code	028
UK Parliament	South Down
NI Assembly	South Down
List of places UK Northern Ireland Down 54°14′17″N 6°09′40″W / 54.238°N 6.161°W / 54.238; -6.161