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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 406 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DONAGHADEE  , a

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market
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town of Co . Down,
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Ireland, in the
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north
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parliamentary
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division, near the
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south of
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Belfast Lough, on the Irish Channel, 25 M . E. by N. of Belfast by a
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branch of the Belfast and Co . Down railway . Pop . (1901) 2073 . It is the nearest
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port in Ireland to
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Great
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Britain, being 212 m . S.W. of Portpatrick in
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Wigtownshire .
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Telegraph and
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telephone cables join these ports, but a
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regular passenger route does not exist owing to the unsuitability of Portpatrick . Donaghadee
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harbour admitsvessels up to 200 tons . On the north-
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east
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side of the town there is a
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rath or encampment 70 ft. high, in which a
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powder
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magazine is erected . The
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parish
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church
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dates from 1626 .

There are two

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holy
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wells in the town . The town is frequented as a seaside watering-
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place in the summer months .

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