Hook Head
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| Coordinates: 52°07′25.68″N 6°55′44.76″W / 52.1238000°N 6.9291000°W |
Hook Head (Irish: Rinn Duáin), historically called Rindowan,[2] is a headland in County Wexford, Ireland, on the east side of the estuary of The Three Sisters (Rivers Nore, Suir and Barrow). It is part of the Hook peninsula and is adjacent to the historic townland of Loftus Hall. It is situated on the R734 road, 50 kilometres (31 mi) from Wexford town.
In Irish its name was originally Rinn Dubháin, Dubhán's point, named for a 5th-century Brittonic saint of that name (literally "little black [haired] one").[3][4] The English name is possibly a calque of his name, incorrectly read as being dubán, "fishing-hook".[5][6]
- ^ "Rinn Duáin/Hook Head". Placenames Database of Ireland.
- ^ "Rinn Duáin/Hook". Placenames Database of Ireland.
- ^ Colfer, Billy (1 August 2004). The Hook Peninsula: County Wexford. Cork University Press. ISBN 9781859183786 – via Google Books.
- ^ Ireland, Royal Society of Antiquaries of (1 August 1856). "Journal" – via Google Books.
- ^ "eDIL - Irish Language Dictionary". www.dil.ie.
- ^ "The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland". 1 August 1873 – via Google Books.