Maritime and Industry

Warrenpoint Port

This is the second largest port in Northern Ireland and the fifth biggest on the island of Ireland. It came into prominence in the early 19th-centrury as an out port for Newry.

World War II shipyard

Warrenpoint Port was the site of a World War II shipyard where tank landing crafts were built. These tanks were prominent in the D-Day invasion.

Royal Hotel/Foresters

Standing at the front shore, look behind and you will see a building that was formerly the Royal Hotel, now the Irish National Forester’s building, look up and you will see two lion statues high up on buildings to the left and right of this one.

Hannah Memorial

Built in 1826 and refurbished in 1856, the Hannah ship arrived in Warrenpoint with a cargo of coal on 6 March 1849. On 5 April, the ship set sail with Captain Shaw for Quebec with 176 passengers and 12 crew; the majority of whom were from Forkhill parish in South Armagh. On 29 April, the Hannah struck ice in The Gulf of St. Lawrence and subsequently 55 passengers drowned or froze to death. Captain Shaw and most of his crew abandoned them. Captain Shaw went on to officially report the full loss of all lives on board. Captain William Marshall discovered them, conducting a heroic rescue of 129 passengers and 9 seamen. The passengers were brought to Quebec. Passenger James Ward (from Forkhill parish) was a renowned athlete who rescued many children by jumping back and forth from the ship to the ice.