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 "Break, break, break On thy cold, grey stones, O sea! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me". Tennyson More Waves |
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 100 foot sandhills Tramore Bay |
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 Hook Head Lighthouse One of the oldest lighthouses in Europe, Hook guards the eastern entrance to Waterford Harbour (It's actually in County Wexford) |
 Limestone fossils at the Hook |
 Looking South from Hook Head Next stop Spain (600 miles due South) England (150 miles Southeast) Central America (4500 miles Southwest) |
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"The Italian Ship Tempo was shipwrecked off The Hook in 1880. This anchor from the Ship was raised off The Hook by local men in 1983." (Plaque in Fethard) Richard Roche's book, "Tales of the Wexford Coast", puts the date of shipwreck at Dec 2nd 1879. Nearly a thousand ships were wrecked on this part of the coast alone in the last few hundred years. |
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 Low tide Backstrand Tramore Bay |
 High tide Backstrand Back to Pictures of Ireland |
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