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PORTRUSH

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 131 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PORTRUSH  , a seaport and the most popular seaside resort of Co .

Antrim, Ireland; the
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terminus of a branch of the
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Northern Counties (Midland) railway . Pop . (1901), 1941 . It is very picturesquely situated on the basaltic peninsula of Ramore Head, with a deep
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bay on either side, and a harbour protected by the natural
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breakwater known as the Skerries . A
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fine hotel, owned by the railway
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company, and an excellent golf course are the chief features, together with a
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town-hall with public
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reading
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room, and the place is much frequented for golf and sea-bathing . It is also the centre for visitors to the Giants'
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Causeway, with which it is connected by an electric railway . Dunluce Castle, between Portfush and Bushmills, stands on a rock separated from the mainland by a chasm which is spanned by a
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bridge . The ruins, which are extensive, are of unknown date . Portrush has a thriving trade in salmon . It is governed by an urban
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district council .

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