Irelandscapes | A History Of Whitehead Town - (N Irish Coastal Town Documentary with Scenery) @Irelandscapes | Uploaded September 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Whitehead is a model Victorian railway seaside town on the Northern corner of Belfast Lough. The earliest recognizable 'modern' building there, still standing today, is an Elizabethan campaign fort, complete with curtain wall at the promenade shore. There's an amazing variety of architecture in this small town and it's packed with characters and curiosities as a settlement of this type should be. The Whitehead Community Association is an independent, innovative and incredibly active organisation at the heart of this town. They put me in touch with Steve Diamond, a painter and local historian, who provides a 'potted history' in this short film.
For more information on Whitehead: whitehead-ni.com
I've included scenes observable across the Lough to other historic seaside settlements like Bangor and Groomsport, the Copeland Islands, as well as Islandmagee on this local stretch of beautiful coastline.
Look out for other Irelandscapes films from Whitehead on this channel.