- formed in 2002. Drumgath G.A.C. - Gaelic games. Rathfriland Angling Club - game fishing On the Upper River Bann and Drumlough Lake. Demography Rathfriland is classified as a village by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). On census day (27 March 2011) there were 2,467 people living in Rathfriland. Of these: 21.44% were aged under 16 years and 18.00% were aged 65 and over 48.24% of the population were male and 51.76% were female 39.64% were from a Roman Catholic background and 55.41% were from a Protestant background Media The town has had its own newspaper (The Outlook) since 1940. Notable people Notable people with local connections include: Agnes Macready Australia's first war correspondent was born here in 1855. Theodosia Meade, Countess of Clanwilliam. Patrick Brontë, the father of the Brontë sisters (Charlotte, Emily and Anne) was born in 1777 in a cottage in Edenagarry on the outskirts of Annaclone, where he lived until a local vicar paid his way to Cambridge University in 1802. He preached and taught at Drumballyroney Church and School House, between Rathfriland and Moneyslane. The Brontë Homeland Interpretative Centre is at Drumballyroney. Andrew George Scott (alias "Captain Moonlight") was born in Rathfriland in 1842 in a house on Castle Hill. A notorious Australian bushranger. Margaret Byers (née Morrow) was born in Rathfriland in 1832. Margaret Byers was a teacher, a businesswoman, a pioneer of higher education for girls, a philanthropist and a suffragist. She was given an honorary degree by Trinity College, Dublin in 1905, and in 1908 Queen's University, Belfast appointed her to its senate. Francis Brooks (1924-2010) was born in Rathfriland. He was a former bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dromore. William Huston Dodd (1844–1930) was born in Rathfriland, and was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and Queen's College, Belfast. In 1873 he was called to the bar and served as a High Court judge from 1907 to 1924. Patrick Shea OBE (1908–1986) was born in County Westmeath and since his father was a policeman, he spent his childhood in Athlone, Clones, County Monaghan, Rathfriland and Newry, County Down. Patrick Shea joined the Northern Ireland Civil Service and attained the rank of permanent secretary in the Department of Education. He wrote Voices and the Sound of Drums. He was made an honorary member of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects in 1971 and a fellow of