{"id":3885,"date":"2021-10-02T19:51:37","date_gmt":"2021-10-02T18:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/warrenpointport.com\/?page_id=3885"},"modified":"2022-08-31T15:36:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T14:36:04","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/warrenpointport.com\/corporate\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<section class=\"section dark has-parallax\" id=\"section_899007125\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill bg-loaded \" data-parallax-container=\".section\" data-parallax-background data-parallax=\"-7\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"section-bg-overlay absolute fill\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row align-center\" style=\"max-width:1400px\" id=\"row-1645325012\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-557421322\" class=\"col medium-12 small-12 large-10\"  data-animate=\"fadeInUp\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center text-shadow-5\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-3207564819\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h1 class=\"uppercase\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">History<\/span><\/h1>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3207564819 {\n  font-size: 1.25rem;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-3207564819 {\n    font-size: 1.75rem;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #text-3207564819 {\n    font-size: 2rem;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_899007125 {\n  padding-top: 100px;\n  padding-bottom: 100px;\n}\n#section_899007125 .section-bg-overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\n}\n#section_899007125 .section-bg.bg-loaded {\n  background-image: url(https:\/\/warrenpointport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/43.jpg);\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_899007125 {\n    padding-top: 140px;\n    padding-bottom: 140px;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #section_899007125 {\n    padding-top: 250px;\n    padding-bottom: 250px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n<div class=\"row row-collapse\" style=\"max-width:1500px\" id=\"row-1224976848\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-573967375\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row row-collapse align-equal\" style=\"max-width:1500px\" id=\"row-1787248725\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-957310430\" class=\"col medium-6 small-6 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-1497652052\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; 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height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1714753679 {\n  padding-top: 42px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #gap-1714753679 {\n    padding-top: 60px;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #gap-1714753679 {\n    padding-top: 96px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1432329422\" class=\"col medium-6 small-6 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"is-border\"\n\t\tstyle=\"border-color:rgb(43, 139, 164);border-width:0px 0px 0px 4px;\">\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row row-collapse align-center\" style=\"max-width:1500px\" id=\"row-1028893818\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-628746316\" class=\"col medium-11 small-11 large-10\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-644814825\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-644814825 {\n  padding-top: 16px;\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #gap-644814825 {\n    padding-top: 24px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-3908996606\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p><strong>The original Port of Warrenpoint was constructed in the late 1770s and acted as a lightering port for the much larger Port of Newry.<\/p>\n<p>Following the demise of Newry as a port town, Warrenpoint Harbour Authority was created as a Trust Port by legislation in 1971. The modern Port was completed in 1974 when it covered 28 acres. Since then, the Port has expanded to its current size of approximately 60 Acres.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3908996606 {\n  font-size: 1rem;\n  color: #282d63;\n}\n#text-3908996606 > * {\n  color: #282d63;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-3908996606 {\n    font-size: 1.25rem;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #text-3908996606 {\n    font-size: 1.5rem;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1841824900\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1841824900 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #gap-1841824900 {\n    padding-top: 0px;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #gap-1841824900 {\n    padding-top: 0px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1031622243 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 0px 0px 40px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<style>\n#row-2010244959 > .col > .col-inner {\n  border-radius: 8px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/div>\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_984624193\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill bg-loaded bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-1757962492\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1757962492 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"max-width:1200px\" id=\"row-1426104430\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-736564093\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  data-animate=\"fadeInLeft\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-525091842\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <div class=\"bg fill bg-fill bg-loaded\"><\/div>\n                                    \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-525091842 {\n  padding-top: 400px;\n  background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n#banner-525091842 .bg.bg-loaded {\n  background-image: url(https:\/\/warrenpointport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_5207-1024x768.jpg);\n}\n#banner-525091842 .bg {\n  background-position: 42% 11%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #banner-525091842 {\n    padding-top: 600px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-815611663\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-815611663 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #gap-815611663 {\n    padding-top: 100px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-204896275\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">The modern Port of Warrenpoint was developed between 1972 and 1974 with the acquisition of the old Harbour (Kelly\u2019s Coal); the Dow Mac Cement yards; &nbsp;the acquisition of Warrenpoint Railway Station and marshalling yards; and the reclamation of land from the sea. This culminated in a working harbour area of approximately 28 acres.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">Over the years as the Harbour\u2019s business grew, it became imperative that further adjacent land should become available for storage and transiting of goods.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>This was achieved by the purchase of the Taylor Jones premises in 1992; the Farrell\u2019s Yard purchase in 1992; acquiring The Aylesforte House in 2007;  and the Engalv yard in 2011. &nbsp;The Harbour then operated on just over 53 acre plot stretching from the Town Dock to the Roundabout.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-204896275 {\n  font-size: 1rem;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-204896275 {\n    font-size: 1.2rem;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #text-204896275 {\n    font-size: 1.25rem;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-736564093 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 0px 0px 0px 1px;\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #col-736564093 > .col-inner {\n    padding: 50px 50px 50px 0px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1887830947\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-1379231056\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">Local historian Dr John McCavitt, amongst others, has documented significant evidence that President Biden\u2019s great, great Grandfather, Owen Finnegan emigrated on board \u2018The Brothers\u2019 Ship from Newry\u2019s satellite port at Warrenpoint.<\/p>\n<p>The Finnegan\u2019s would have travelled from the Cooley Peninsula in County Louth to the border and caught the ferry across at Narrow Water, before proceeding to the dock at Warrenpoint. \u2018The Brothers\u2019, under the command of Captain Sullivan, with Owen Finnegan on board, sailed from Warrenpoint on 10th April 1849, arriving in New York on 31st May.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">The following year in 1850, Owen\u2019s wife Jane Finnegan and their children, including James aged 7, great grandfather of Joe Biden, made the same journey to Warrenpoint. There they boarded the &#8216;Marchioness of Bute&#8217; which set sail on 18th March and arrived in New York on 15th May 1850.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-1379231056 {\n  font-size: 1rem;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-1379231056 {\n    font-size: 1.2rem;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #text-1379231056 {\n    font-size: 1.25rem;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-1044088197\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1044088197 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #gap-1044088197 {\n    padding-top: 80px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-1341141093\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <div class=\"bg fill bg-fill bg-loaded\"><\/div>\n                                    \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-1341141093 {\n  padding-top: 400px;\n  background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n#banner-1341141093 .bg.bg-loaded {\n  background-image: url(https:\/\/warrenpointport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/WPP-27-rd-august-2020-1-1024x683.jpg);\n}\n#banner-1341141093 .bg {\n  background-position: 47% 26%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #banner-1341141093 {\n    padding-top: 660px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1887830947 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 0px 0px 0px 0;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #col-1887830947 > .col-inner {\n    padding: 50px 0px 0px 20px;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #col-1887830947 > .col-inner {\n    padding: 50px 0px 0px 50px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row row-collapse row-full-width\"  id=\"row-777214001\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1686031523\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner dark\" style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row row-collapse align-middle\"  id=\"row-2122306774\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1746553385\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6 small-col-first\"  data-animate=\"fadeInLeft\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-1579790633\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; 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