"DONAGHADEE"

An Illustrated History

by

HARRY ALLEN

The picturesque port of Donaghadee was once renowned as the "Gateway to Ulster". Russian Archdukes, literary luminaries such as Keats & Boswell, and penniless migrants by the thousasnd all fetched up at the famoue quay.

Then, abruptly, in 1849, the passengers stopped coming. Faced with almost certain bankruptcy, the town's energetic burghers swapped their cutters and chandleries for candy floss and kiss me quick hats, and turned the gritty port into a mini tourist mecca.

This book recalls the once bustling port's halcyon days. We learn of its inglorious brush with the slave trade, of heroic rescues, catastrophic shipwrecks, and of the part the town played in the UVF gun - running of 1914, when the policemen turned their faces to the pier wall so that they could truthfully say they had seen nothing.

This engaging, insightfull, and beautifully illustrated book brings DONAGHADEE's history to life.

A great gift for anybody with Donaghadee conections