Qualla: Portrush Town Hall https://qualla.com/portrush-town-hall en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:13 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Portrush Town Hall https://qualla.com/portrush-town-hall Portrush Town Hall: Introduction https://qualla.com/portrush-town-hall/ The Earl of Antrim, William Randal McDonnell, owned most of the land around Portrush in the early 1870s. When a group of local businessmen formed the Portrush Town Hall and Assembly Rooms Company to build the town a meeting place, the sixth Earl leased them the site at fifteen pounds a year - a small fortune, by the standards of his rents, and a small gesture, by the standards of his fortune. They commissioned the firm of Lanyon, Lynn and Lanyon, the most prominent architects in Ulster, to design something in the Scottish baronial style. Thomas Stewart Dickson of Larne built it in red brick at a cost of £2,300. It opened on 12 August 1872 and it is still standing.

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]]> Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/g/6/portrush-town-hall-wp/gcg6-portrush-town-hall-saved-from-demolition.mp3 0:06 4 full Portrush Town Hall: Shane Todd and the BBC New Comedy Award https://qualla.com/portrush-town-hall/ In November 2021, the comedian Shane Todd presented an episode of the BBC New Comedy Award from inside the town hall. That is the kind of thing a saved building gets to do. The hall now hosts the events a small seaside town needs - weddings, awards, comedy nights, council functio...

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