Portrush

Portrush
Irish: *Port Rois^[1]*
Scots: *Tha Port^[2]*
Portrush Irish: Port Rois; Scots: Tha Port;
	Planes on the beach during the yearly air show
	Location within Northern Ireland
Population	6,150 (Census 2021)
Irish grid reference	C855409
• Belfast	50 miles (80 km)
District	Causeway Coast and Glens;
County	County Antrim;
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PORTRUSH
Postcode district	BT56
Dialling code	028
Police	Northern Ireland
Fire	Northern Ireland
Ambulance	Northern Ireland
UK Parliament	East Londonderry;
NI Assembly	East Londonderry;
	List of places UK Northern Ireland Antrim 55°12′17″N 6°39′08″W / 55.20474°N 6.65222°W

Portrush (from Irish Port Rois, meaning 'port of the promontory')^[3] is a small seaside resort town on the north coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It neighbours the resort of Portstewart. The main part of the old town, including the railway station as well as most hotels, restaurants and bars, is built on a 1 mile (1.6 km)–long peninsula, Ramore Head. It had a population of 6,150 people at the 2021 Census.^[4]

The town is well known for its three sandy beaches, the West Strand, East Strand and White Rocks, as well as the Royal Portrush Golf Club, the only golf club outside Great Britain which has hosted The Open Championship in 1951 and 2019.

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^ Dunluce Castle US Archived 3 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine NI Department of the Environment. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
^ "Place Names NI – Home". www.placenamesni.org.
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