Dundrum Bay

Dundrum Bay is a bay located next to Dundrum, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is divided into the Outer Bay, and the almost entirely landlocked Inner Bay. They are separated by the dune systems of Ballykinler to the north and Murlough to the south. The bay was home to a roughly year-long "shipwreck" of the SS Great Britain; in actuality, the "wreck" was a period of time in which the ship had run aground of a sandbar.[1] The Dundrum Coastal Path, a part of the larger Lecale Way, is a popular hiking trail that winds along the fronts of the bay; the trek is especially popular with birdwatchers.[2] The Blackstaff River, Ardilea, Moneycarragh and the Carrigs River all empty into the bay.[3] The inner bay comprises extensive tidal mud and sand flats and is important for wintering wildfowl.[4]