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== In the media == Donaghadee was the basis for the fictional town of [[Donaghadoo]] in the children's television series ''[[Lifeboat Luke]]'', which was animated by the Donaghadee animation studio [[Straandlooper]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.straandlooper.com.html|title=STRAANDLOOPER|access-date=2 May 2013}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The town was also used as a set for some of the film ''[[Mickybo and Me]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4371169.stm|title=Film focuses on hope in troubled times|date=22 March 2005|publisher=BBC News|access-date=24 June 2022}}</ref> Donaghadee is seen in the films ''[[Robot Overlords]]'' starring [[Gillian Anderson]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/giant-killer-robot-overlords-loose-on-the-streets-of-bangor-30965246.html|title=Giant killer Robot Overlords loose on the streets of Bangor|newspaper=Belfast Telegraph|date=4 February 2015| access-date=24 June 2022}}</ref> ''[[Divorcing Jack (film)|Divorcing Jack]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.troublesarchive.com/artforms/film-and-television/piece/divorcing-jack|title=Divorcing Jack|publisher=Troubles Archive| access-date=24 June 2022}}</ref> ''[[Killing Bono]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.northernirelandscreen.co.uk/production-catalogue/feature-films/killing-bono/|title=Killing Bono|date=10 January 2017 | publisher=Northern Ireland Screen|access-date=24 June 2022}}</ref> and ''[[Mo (2010 film)|Mo]]'' the Mo Mowlam story, starring [[Julie Walters]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.northernirelandscreen.co.uk/production-catalogue/television-drama/mo/|title=Mo|date=12 January 2017 |publisher=Northern Ireland Screen|access-date=24 June 2022}}</ref> Donaghadee features as the fictional town of Port Devine in the BBC drama ''[[Hope Street (TV series)|Hope Street]]'' which first aired in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nisbet|first=Megan|date=2022-02-01|title=Where is Hope Street filmed? Locations for new BBC daytime drama|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/tv/hope-street-filmed-locations-new-22943268|access-date=2022-02-05|website=WalesOnline|language=en|archive-date=5 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205030131/https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/tv/hope-street-filmed-locations-new-22943268|url-status=live}}</ref> Donaghadee is mentioned several times in the song [[Forty Shades of Green]], written by [[Johnny Cash]] in 1959.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/johnny-cash/forty-shades-of-green-chords-834030|title=Forty Shades of Green Chords |first=Johnny|last= Cash|publisher=Ultimate Guitar}}</ref>
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