Capes of the East

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East Cape Howth Head commands the entrance to Dublin Bay. It rises to a height of 560 feet, and presents splendid sea cliffs nearly the whole way round. Wicklow Head is a rocky cape 268 feet high.

East Cape Howth Head commands the entrance to Dublin Bay. It rises to a height of 560 feet, and presents splendid sea cliffs nearly the whole way round. Wicklow Head is a rocky cape 268 feet high. Read More

Capes of the South

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Above: View in South Cape Carnsore Point is the south-eastern corner of the island, and nearest to Wales. Cape Clear is the most southerly point, but it is not on the mainland. It is a cape on Cape Clear Island, off the coast of Cork. Mizen Head, in County Cork (Self Catering, Cork, Ireland), is [...]

Above: View in South Cape Carnsore Point is the south-eastern corner of the island, and nearest to Wales. Cape Clear is the most southerly point, but it is not on the mainland. It is a cape on Cape Clear Island, off the coast of Cork. Mizen Head, in County Cork (Self Catering, Cork, Ireland), is there-fore the most southerly point of Ireland. Read More

Capes of the West

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Above: View in West Cape Dunmore Head, the point of a peninsula in County Kerry , is the most westerly point of Ireland. Loop Head, in County Clare, is also at the end of a peninsula. It is a bare headland, rising two hundred feet straight from the waves, A huge pillar of rock of [...]

Above: View in West Cape Dunmore Head, the point of a peninsula in County Kerry , is the most westerly point of Ireland. Loop Head, in County Clare, is also at the end of a peninsula. It is a bare headland, rising two hundred feet straight from the waves, A huge pillar of rock of the same height as the cape is separated from it by a fearful chasm about thirty feet wide and two hundred feet deep. At the bottom of this ... Read More