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Causeway Street, PORTRUSH, BT56 8AD

EIIR wall box (BT56 3) at Causeway Street.

Heading north-west at East Strand

See Image (August 2006). The same pillbox, overlooking the East Strand, in 1982, before the slot had been sealed. At the time many used it as a litter bin.

A new block of apartments at the top end of Causeway Street with retail units on the ground floor. The Post Office has relocated from Eglinton St. to one of these units which is beside the original P.O. (the brown building to the left).

The Crown post office, in Causeway Street, was built in 1908 and closed about 25 years ago. It was partly converted to a ground-floor “pound shop” and later lay vacant for many years. Now restored and used as the library replacing one in Dunluce Avenue. This is the detail above the entrance.

A restaurant/coffee shop over-looking the Arcadia beach.

Heading NNW

Despite all the vigilance, swimmers often get into difficulties and are drowned.

They're useful as you sometimes learn something new about locations It includes the following text: Causeway Coastal Route East Strand By virtue of its location, Portrush has maritime associations beyond those of a seaside holiday resort. The town not only boasted a thriving salmon fishing industry for many years but was also home to boat builders James Kelly, Billy Gregg and James Hopkins. James Kelly's boatyard was located close to the Causeway Street entrance to East Strand from the late 19th century until the 1930s. James is renowned for building a range of boats including the Drontheim, which was developed from Norwegian style double-ended boats, first introduced in the late 1700s. The Drontheim was very popular with generations of fishermen and James' skill and reputation meant that many travelled to Portrush to purchase his work. Cruising and racing yachts, fishing boats and rowing and sailing craft were constructed in the famous Kelly shed by a team of craftsmen. Made from the finest woods-larch, pine, cedar, teak and elm-they served in sailing, canoe and rowing clubs all over Ireland and with the Coastguard service. East Strand has also witnessed its share of shipwrecks. On 3rd December 1863, The Providence, seeking refuge in the relative shelter of the 'Skerries Roads', the mile-wide strip of sea between the islands and the shore, broke anchor in hurricane winds and was wrecked at Curran Point. Six seamen lost their lives. And under Did you know? Historically Portrush Lifeboat has also been launched from the beach arriving on a horse-drawn carriage from Kerr Street and then rowed through the surf by ten or twelve oarsmen. The Robert and Agnes Blair Lifeboat sailed on 1st November 1889. Sadly 3 of the crew members lost their lives on this rescue mission. Pictured here Image]

Pictured along Causeway Street