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Portavogie is the second largest  fishing village
in Ulster behind Kilkeel, the
harbour which is hewn from the rock underwent major reconstruction work
in the late 1970's, new boat slips were built as well as a fish market
and ice plant.
The people of the Ards peninsula speak
with a Ulster Scots accent, this is perhaps more evident in Portavogie,
where one is 'yin' night 'nicht' and don't know is 'dinny no'
Portavogie's fortunes are inextricably
linked to the now declining fishing industry, declining fish stocks ever
increasing fuel and operating costs are combining to reduce the fishing
fleet's of Ireland and the UK.
A few miles north of Portavogie is
the village of Ballyhalbert which has
an interesting history.
Co Down Fishing Villages Network
Secretariat
29 Bridge Street
Kilkeel
Co Down
BT34 4AD
Tel +44 (0) 41762525
E Mail
Web Site
From the South replace 028 with 048 |
The
village until quite recently was one of the few in Ireland that
did not have a public house.
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