kilkeel harbour

At the end of the last century, the harbour, where, the oldtimers will tell you "the gardens used to grow", got its big pier. Between 1914 and 1918 a secondary pier and dock were added and a new road, the Rooney Road, was made, connecting the east end of the town to the new dock. Subsequent improvements, including a new fish market, have meant that the harbour at Kilkeel can happily acccommodate one of the finest and largest fishing fleets in Ireland.