Qualla: Donaghadee Lighthouse https://qualla.com/donaghadee-lighthouse en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:16 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Donaghadee Lighthouse https://qualla.com/donaghadee-lighthouse Donaghadee Lighthouse: Introduction https://qualla.com/donaghadee-lighthouse/ The foundation stone of Donaghadee's harbour was laid by the Marquis of Downshire on August 1, 1821. The man who had drawn the plans, John Rennie Senior, was a national figure - the engineer behind Waterloo Bridge, Southwark Bridge and the new London Bridge over the Thames. He died within two months of the work beginning. His son John, later Sir John Rennie, took over. As resident engineer he employed David Logan, a Scottish marine builder who had spent his early career assisting Robert Stevenson on the Bell Rock Lighthouse off the Tay estuary - one of the most difficult lighthouse construction projects ever attempted. By the time Donaghadee's twin granite piers and its lighthouse were complete in 1836, the small County Down harbour town possessed engineering pedigree as serious as any port in the Irish Sea.

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]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/s/n/donaghadee-lighthouse-wp/gcsn-donaghadee-lighthouse-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Donaghadee Lighthouse: A Royal Warrant from 1616 https://qualla.com/donaghadee-lighthouse/ There has been a harbour of some kind at Donaghadee - locally called 'the Dee' - for at least four centuries. The original quay was built by Viscount Montgomery in 1626, improved in 1640, and exists because of a Royal Warrant issued in 1616 that limited all traffic between the Ar...

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]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/s/n/donaghadee-lighthouse-wp/gcsn-donaghadee-lighthouse-a-royal-warrant-from-1616.mp3 0:06 2 full Donaghadee Lighthouse: Why the New Harbour Was Needed https://qualla.com/donaghadee-lighthouse/ The reason for the 1821 project was straightforward: steam packets. The old quay, however carefully patched, could not provide the depth or shelter that steamships required. Plans had to accommodate vessels that drew more water and arrived on tighter schedules than the sailing pa...

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]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/s/n/donaghadee-lighthouse-wp/gcsn-donaghadee-lighthouse-stones-designed-to-outlast-seaboots.mp3 0:06 4 full Donaghadee Lighthouse: The Lighthouse Above the Pier https://qualla.com/donaghadee-lighthouse/ The lighthouse itself completed the harbour. Built into the end of the south pier and finished in 1836, it began with an oil lamp and progressed through gas, then incandescent gas mantle, and finally electricity. It stands as the most recognisable structure in Donaghadee today, f...

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