- Harbour House Hotel Portpatrick Dumfries & Galloway Scotland Portpatrick is a historic village set into the rugged coast of the Rhins of Galloway. In legend it is associated with Saint Patrick. In certain fact it was for centuries the Scottish end of the short sea route to Ireland. The ruins of the earlier harbour works of Smeaton and others show the ferocity of winter storms which, with the ...www.harbourhouse.co.uk