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2 unusual facts about Coleraine–Portrush railway line


Coleraine–Portrush railway line

Winter services were suspended from 1960, but opening of the New University of Ulster near Coleraine saw them restored, together with the addition of new halts at University (1968) and Dhu Varren (1969), to cater for student travel.

The engineer was Charles Lanyon and the contractor and major sponsor of the line was William Dargan.


2010 North West 200 Races

The 2010 North West 200 Races, the 71st running of the event, was held on Saturday 15 May 2010 at the circuit, dubbed "The Triangle", based around the towns of Portstewart, Coleraine and Portrush, in Northern Ireland.

Colerain High School

It is not to be confused with Coleraine High School, Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

Helena Rubinstein

Coleraine, in Western Victoria, where her uncle was a shopkeeper, might have been an "awful place" but it did not lack of that ingredient.

Henry Hare, 3rd Baron Coleraine

Coleraine, finding a reconciliation impossible, formed on 29 April 1740 a "solemn engagement" with Rose Duplessis (1710–1790), daughter of François Duplessis, a French clergyman, by whom he had a daughter, Henrietta Rosa Peregrina, born at Crema, Lombardy in Italy 12 September 1745.

Hugh Hare, 1st Baron Coleraine

As he was closely associated with the court of Charles I, Coleraine's fortunes went into decline during the English Civil War.

Irish Cup

On five occasions the same two clubs have reached the final in consecutive years: in 1885 and 1886, Distillery and Alexander; in 1913 and 1914, Glentoran and Linfield; in 1930 and 1931, Ballymena United and Linfield; Coleraine and Glentoran in 2003 and 2004; and in 2011 and 2012 Linfield and Crusaders.

Michael McKimm

He attended Dunseverick Primary School and Coleraine Academical Institution, in Coleraine, County Londonderry, before moving to England to study English Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Warwick.

Mount Sandel

Mount Sandel Mesolithic site, excavated mesolithic huts in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland

Mount Sandel Fort, a fort in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland

Ó Catháin

The Uí Catháin of Cenél nEógain originated in the Laggan area of County Donegal, and from there moved eastwards in the twelfth century, ousting the Uí Conchobair from Keenaght and retaining their lordship of Keenaght and Coleraine until the seventeenth century.

Richard Law, 1st Baron Coleraine

Lord Coleraine married Mary Virginia, daughter of Abraham Fox Nellis, of Rochester, New York, in 1929.

Send the Light

Koorong Books of Sydney, Australia, bought the Wesley Owen brand and domain names and took over 8 bookshops at Bath, Birmingham, Bristol, Bromley, Coleraine, Derby, Glasgow and York.

The Birches, County Armagh

Stonewall Jackson's ancestral site is at Waugh's Farm, The Birches (Jackson also had roots in Coleraine, County Londonderry).

The Troubles in Garvagh

In May 1994, at a special court in Coleraine, Patrick Kelly (29) and Liam Averill (29), both of Maghera, County Londonderry, were accused of murdering Smith and McCloy and of the attempted murder of the third occupant of the vehicle.

Ulster Project

Currently, the project brings teens from eleven cities in Northern Ireland, including Banbridge, Belfast, Derry, Omagh, Coleraine, Strabane, Sion Mills, Limavady, Portadown, Castlederg, Enniskillen and Cookstown.


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