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Outside the graveyard of the seventeenth century parish church, a blue plaque commemorates the poet Charles Wolfe (1791-1823) who was curate of Donaghmore 1818-21. His famous lines on 'The Burial of Sir John Moors' were published in the Newry Telegraph in 1817....

The Dromore Mound, which is the remains of an ancient Motte and Bailey, can be found just a few hundred metres from the town centre. It is one of the finest examples of a Norman Motte & Bailey to be found in Ireland today and is protected by the Historic Monuments Branch of the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland....

This well known monument stands at Arboe Point, 'the Hill of the Cow', on the west shore of Lough Neagh. It is a particularly fine specimen and belongs to a late period in the development of the sculptured free-standing ringed crosses. In its present form it is a reconstruction, the upper part having fallen in 1846, and now stands 18 feet high. The carved details depict biblical scenes some of which are self evident - Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes, the Crucifixion, David and Goliath, the Last...