1960-1979

Big improvements were made to Kilkeel Habour after major congestion in the 1960s. During the peak of the fishing you were able to walk across from one side of the harbour to the other over the boats: it was that busy. They decided to extend it but instead of working out into the sea they dug into the land to create an enlarged basin and built a new slip. The new harbour opened for business in 1973.