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Formerly Gernonstown this manorial village is situated seven miles south of Dundalk on the N1 roadway. Largely the construction of the Bellingham family descendants of a captain in Cromwell's army who received a grant of the confiscated lands of the Gernons of Gernonstown in the 1650's. The castle was situated on the site of the present Bellingham Castle Hotel, a building of early 18th century construction, formerly the home of the Bellinghams and substantially remodelled at the end of that century. Later remodelling include the towers turrets and entrance gateway. The river Glyde can be accessed from the grounds of the hotel. The village includes a group of Widow's Almshouses, cottages and other dwelling houses constructed by the Bellingham family probably to the design of William Vitruvius Morrison, while the roadside crucifix was fashioned from a royal oak blown down in 1902.