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Aside from being the more scenic, the peninsula's north shore is also the best place to base yourself for hill-walking and the easiest for finding food and a bed. Here, at OMEATH , the lough has narrowed dramatically, so that the sedate towns of Warrenpoint and Rostrevor on the Mourne Mountain slopes across the border seem only a handshake away. In summer there's a handy passenger ferry service , which also takes bikes, between Omeath and Warrenpoint (July & Aug daily till about 6pm, tides permitting; 5min; GBP2.50/?3.17 return). Staying in the Republic, you can rent jaunting cars for short trips out of town; they run mostly to the open-air stations of the cross at the Rosminian Fathers' School down the road. As a village, Omeath, with its widely scattered dwellings, is far from typical of the east coast - it was until recent years the last remaining Gaeltacht village of any significance in this part of the country. You can stay cheaply at Delamore House B&B (tel 042/937 5101; GBP33-40/?41.90-50.79), or in slightly more comfort at Omeath Park (tel 042/937 5116; GBP40-55/?50.79-69.84), half a mile out on the other side of town at the end of a long driveway up the hillside. Around the crossroads that mark the centre of town are grouped a few grocery stores.
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