page_title: Rostrevor
section_title: People
hierarchical_section_title: Rostrevor / People
caption_attribution_description: Robert Ross Monument
context_page_description: Rostrevor is a village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies at the foot of Slieve Martin on the coast of Carlingford Lough, near Warrenpoint. The Kilbroney River flows through the village and Rostrevor Forest is nearby. It is within Newry, Mourne and Down District.
  Rostrevor had a population of 2,433 in the 2001 Census.
context_section_description: Rostrevor is believed to be the birthplace of Somerled, founder of Clan Donald and Lord of Argyll, Kintyre and Lorne, in the mid 12th century.
  Rostrevor was the birthplace of Major General Robert Ross-of-Bladensburg, a British commander during the War of 1812. Ross's Monument stands above the Warrenpoint Road on the edge of the village. It is a tall granite obelisk erected to his memory in 1826.  The Ross Family lived at Kilbroney Park.
  Rostrevor is the birthplace of Ben Dunne, founder of the chain store Dunnes Stores.
  Sir Francis Stronge lived in Kilbroney House.
  Former Irish President Mary McAleese and her family lived in Rostrevor village centre before she was elected to office in 1997.
  Irish Folk group The Sands Family live in Rostrevor.
  Another resident of Rostrevor for a time was Eurovision winner, Dana.
  T. K. Whitaker, economist and a pivotal figure in the development of the Republic of Ireland, was born in Rostrevor to a father from County Westmeath and a mother from County Clare. The family later moved to Drogheda.
  Catherine McGrath, country singer, is from the village.
  Cathal McCabe, poet, who grew up in nearby Warrenpoint, has lived in and near Rostrevor since 2004.
  Laurence McGivern, Irish Paralympic swimmer and World Bronze Medalist (Canada 2013) was also born in Rostrevor.
caption: Robert Ross Monument, Rostrevor
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