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{{short description|Port town in County Down, Northern Ireland}}
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{{Infobox UK place
  |official_name=     Warrenpoint
  |irish_name=        An Pointe<ref name=logainm>[https://www.logainm.ie/en/1166563 Warrenpoint]. [[Placenames Database of Ireland]].</ref> / Pointe an Bháirínigh<ref name="PNI"/>
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|image1= Warrenpoint, July 2010 (02).JPG
|image2= Irish elk sculpture, Warrenpoint - geograph.org.uk - 3139100.jpg
|image3= Narrow Water Tower, Warrenpoint - geograph.org.uk - 399224.jpg
|image4= Former swimming pool, Warrenpoint - geograph.org.uk - 1224943.jpg|image5= The Port of Warrenpoint from the Promenade at Omeath - geograph.org.uk - 4335475.jpg
|image6= Carlingford Lough.jpg
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|static_image_caption= ''Clockwise from top left'' <br /> Town from [[Mourne Mountains|Slieve Martin]], Elk at town entrance, Public Baths at Seaview, Warrenpoint from Flagstaff, Warrenpoint Port, [[Narrow Water Castle|Old Narrow Water Castle]]

  |map_type=          Ireland
  |coordinates = {{coord|54.0988|-6.2490|display=inline,title}}
  |label_position= none
  |population=        9,091
  |population_ref     = ([[United Kingdom census, 2021|2021 Census]])
  |irish_grid_reference= J145180
  |unitary_northern_ireland= [[Newry, Mourne and Down]]
  |country=           Northern Ireland
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|post_town=         NEWRY
  |postcode_area=     BT
  |postcode_district= BT34
  |dial_code=         028
  |constituency_westminster= [[South Down (UK Parliament constituency)|South Down]]
  |constituency_ni_assembly= [[South Down (Assembly constituency)|South Down]]
  |lieutenancy_northern_ireland= [[County Down]]
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'''Warrenpoint''' ({{langx|ga|An Pointe}})<ref name=logainm/> is a small [[port]] town and [[Civil parishes in Ireland|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. The town is beside the village of [[Rostrevor]] and is overlooked by the [[Mourne Mountains|Mournes]] and [[Cooley Mountains]]. Warrenpoint sprang up within the [[townland]] of Ringmackilroy ({{etymology|ga|Rinn Mhic Giolla Ruaidh|McIlroy's point}}), and is locally nicknamed "The Point", which also represents the town's full name in Irish, ''An Pointe".

Warrenpoint is known for its scenic location, the ''Maiden of Mourne'' festival, the ''Blues on the Bay'' music festival, the passenger ferry service between Warrenpoint and [[Omeath]] and the nearby [[Narrow Water Castle]]. Warrenpoint Port is second in terms of tonnage handled by ports in Northern Ireland. It had a population of 9,091 at the [[United Kingdom census, 2021|2021 Census]].<ref name="2021 pop"/>