▁West port . ▁ ▁Corn el ius ▁C ough lan , ▁Irish ▁recip ient ▁of ▁Victoria ▁Cross , ▁died ▁and ▁buried ▁in ▁West port ▁ ▁John ▁Mac B ride , ▁comm emor ated ▁by ▁a ▁monument ▁on ▁the ▁Mall . ▁Born ▁in ▁West port , ▁he ▁was ▁executed ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 6 ▁for ▁his ▁part ▁in ▁the ▁E aster ▁R ising . ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁father ▁of ▁Nobel ▁peace ▁la ure ate ▁Se an ▁Mac B ride . ▁ ▁Joseph ▁Mah er , ▁actor ▁ ▁Con or ▁O ' Mal ley , ▁footballer ▁ ▁Michael ▁Ring , ▁politician ▁ ▁Sé am us ▁Hugh es , ▁politician ▁Lee ▁Ke eg an , ▁g ael ic ▁footballer . ▁ ▁The ▁Qu ay ▁ ▁West port ▁has ▁a ▁small ▁ad jo ining ▁port , ▁the ▁qu ay , ▁once ▁busy ▁but ▁no ▁longer ▁used ▁for ▁commercial ▁sh ipping , ▁now ▁a ▁sub urb ▁notable ▁for ▁its ▁many ▁w are house ▁convers ions . ▁The ▁qu ay ▁is ▁known ▁for ▁its ▁restaur ants ▁and ▁pub s . ▁It ▁also ▁includes ▁the ▁training ▁ground ▁of ▁West port ▁United . ▁The ▁Cle w ▁Bay ▁Heritage ▁Centre , ▁a ▁small ▁museum ▁celebr ating ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁West port ▁and ▁mar itime ▁history ▁of ▁Cle w ▁Bay , ▁is ▁open ▁to ▁the ▁public ▁here . ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 4 , ▁the ▁har bour ▁was ▁the ▁scene ▁of ▁the ▁Cle w ▁Bay ▁D row ning . ▁ ▁Sport ▁The ▁G ael ic ▁football ▁club , ▁West port ▁United