Dunmore EastThatched cottages and red sandstone cliffs at the mouth of Waterford Harbour, and the boats still go out.
Lighthouse
Hook Lighthouse
Fethard-on-Sea, County Wexford
A black and white banded tower at the tip of the Hook peninsula, working since the thirteenth century.
Constructed with local limestone, Hook Lighthouse is one of the oldest operational lighthouses in the world, the present structure dates back 800 years to the medieval tower of Hook.
- Where
- Fethard-on-Sea, County Wexford
- Address
- Hook Head
- Official site
- hookheritage.ie
- Map
- Directions · OpenStreetMap
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
Nearby
The closest places on our lists, in any county.
Dunmore EastThatched cottages and red sandstone cliffs at the mouth of Waterford Harbour, and the boats still go out.
Duncannon FortThe star shaped fort sits on a promontory over the Waterford estuary, with a beach below the walls.
Ballyhack CastleThe tower house stands above the slipway at Ballyhack, where the car ferry crosses to Passage East.
Tintern AbbeyTintern sits on an inlet of Bannow Bay, with a walled garden and woodland paths around it.
Tramore BeachLong sandy strand backed by dunes, south of Waterford city.
Lafcadio Hearn Japanese GardensLinked gardens in Tramore laid out to follow the writer Lafcadio Hearn's route from Ireland to Japan.On nearby
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