Warrenpoint (Irish: An Pointe)[1] is a small port town and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland.

It sits at the head of Carlingford Lough, south of Newry, and is separated from the Republic of Ireland by a narrow strait.

[3] The area of Warrenpoint was formerly known as Rinn Mhic Giolla Ruaidh ("McIlroy's point"), anglicised Ringmackilroy, which is still the name of the townland in which it sits.

In the mid-19th century, Newry merchants obtained a government grant to create a tidal dock at the village, as prior to 1850 ships of above 150 tonnes could not get further up the lough than Narrow Water.

[citation needed] A railway connection opened on 9 May 1849,[5] increasing Warrenpoint's popularity as a holiday destination.

The baths were opened by Captain Roger Hall on Whit Monday, 8 June in that year, but they are now closed to the public.

[7] During World War II, on 15 July 1944 two Royal Air Force aircraft (an Airspeed Oxford (LX 598) and a Miles Martinet (MS626) from No.

Eighteen soldiers were killed in what became known as the Warrenpoint ambush – the British Army's greatest loss-of-life in a single incident during the conflict.

On 12 April 1989, Joanne Reilly was killed by the IRA in a van bomb attack on Warrenpoint Royal Ulster Constabulary base.

Warrenpoint Promenade was used as a backdrop for Bundoran in the film The Butcher Boy, especially the exterior of the Star of the Sea Convent and the Edwardian swimming baths.