Atticall
{{short description|Village in County Down, Northern Ireland}}
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Attical or Atticall ({{Irish derived place name|Áit Tí Chathail|place of Cathal's house}})[http://www.logainm.ie/?text=attical&placeID=66991 Placenames Database of Ireland][http://www.placenamesni.org/resultsdetail.phtml?entry=15047 Placenames NI] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526084117/http://www.placenamesni.org/resultsdetail.phtml?entry=15047 |date=May 26, 2012 }} is a small village and townland (of 396 acres){{cite web|title=Attical|url=http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/|website=IreAtlas Townlands Database|access-date=15 April 2015}} in the Mourne Mountains of County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the civil parish of Kilkeel and the historic barony of Mourne. In the 2021 census it had a population of 168 people.{{fact|date=July 2025}} It lies within the Newry and Mourne District Council area.
The village has a Catholic maintained primary school, called Holy Cross, for 4–11 year olds.{{cite web|title=Holy Cross Primary School |work=School website |url=http://www.holycross.ik.org/p_Welcome_to_Holy_Cross_Primary_school.ikml |access-date=24 February 2009 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726172721/http://www.holycross.ik.org/p_Welcome_to_Holy_Cross_Primary_school.ikml |archive-date=26 July 2011 }} There is a Roman Catholic church, a shop and a Gaelic football club. The Cnocnafeola Cultural and Residential Centre offers accommodation for trekkers and visitors to the Mournes.{{cite web|title=Cnocnafeola Cultural and Residential Centre |work=Irish Tourist.com |url=http://www.irishtourist.com/details/cnocnafeola_cultural_and_residential_centre.shtml |access-date=24 February 2009 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527074729/http://www.irishtourist.com/details/cnocnafeola_cultural_and_residential_centre.shtml |archive-date=27 May 2009 }} The village is also home to the Holy Cross Accordion Band, which has won All Ireland Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann competitions on six occasions: 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018.{{Citation needed|date=November 2018}} They were also crowned All Ireland Junior Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann champions in 2016.{{Citation needed|date=November 2018}}
Geography
At the end of the ice age a deposit of stones is thought to have been left that runs through Atticall. This is known locally as the Stoney Rigg. The remains of this can be seen on Slieve Muck, and it is said to flow down to Green Castle.
The great spotted woodpecker, Ireland's newest breeding bird species, has been seen in Cnocnafeola Wood.
See also
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Category:Villages in County Down