Greenore to Holyhead Ferry
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Greenore An Grianfort
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Old lighthouse, Greenore harbour
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 Greenore
Location in Ireland
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| Coordinates: 54°01′59″N 6°07′59″W / 54.033°N 6.133°WCoordinates: 54°01′59″N 6°07′59″W / 54.033°N 6.133°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| Dáil Éireann | Louth |
Greenore (Irish: An Grianfort) is a small town, townland and deep water port on Carlingford Lough in County Louth, Ireland. The population of Greenore and the surrounding rural area (electoral area) was 898 in the 2002 Irish census.
Greenore has the only privately owned port in Ireland. It has three berths and can handle vessels of up to 39,999 gross tons. In 1964, the then disused port was used to fit out the ships used for the pirate radio stations Radio Caroline and Radio Atlanta (later Radio Caroline South). The port was owned by Aodogan O'Rahilly (1904-2000) -father of Radio Caroline founder Ronan O'Rahilly from 1958 until 2000. In the 1970s there was regular freight shipping from the port to Bristol. In 2005 Greenore was Irelands's 10th largest port in terms of tonnage handled with 649,000 tonnes of goods handled.
Greenore is also a brand of whiskey produced by the nearby Cooley Distillery.
In 1896 the Greenore Golf Club was founded. As of 2009 it is a 6,647 yard course, with a par of 71.
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