Swines Head
Swines Head is a locality in Munster, Ireland. Swines Head is situated nearby to the locality Bayview, as well as near The Fairways.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include The White Lady and Dunmore East lighthouse.
The White Lady
Archaeological site
Photo: JackStonePGD, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The White Lady is an unusual standing stone, said to resemble a figure, located near the small fishing village of Dunmore East, in County Waterford, Ireland.
Dunmore East lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: John Stephen Reid, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dunmore East lighthouse is situated 3½ km northeast of Swines Head.
Dunmore East Lifeboat Station
Building
Photo: Jerryaquav, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dunmore East Lifeboat Station is located on West Wharf, at the harbour of Dunmore East, County Waterford, a town sitting on the western shore at the mouth of the River Suir, approximately 15 km south-east of Waterford, on the south coast of the Republic of Ireland. Dunmore East Lifeboat Station is situated 3½ km northeast of Swines Head.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dunmore East and Hook Point.
Dunmore East
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunmore East is a small village on the coast of County Waterford in southeast Ireland. Its Irish name Dún Mór means "big fort", and has been applied to innumerable hillocks where ancient people huddled in the wind and rain, so this one is specifically Dunmore East.
Hook Point
Locality
Photo: Dmgaerial, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hook Head, historically called Rindowan, is a headland in County Wexford, Ireland, on the east side of the estuary of The Three Sisters. It is part of the Hook peninsula and is adjacent to the historic townland of Loftus Hall. Hook Point is situated 7 km east of Swines Head.
Creaden Head
Locality
Photo: Nmwalsh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Creadan Head is a headland on a small peninsula on the west side of Waterford Harbour, about three miles upriver from Dunmore East, in County Waterford, Ireland. Creaden Head is situated 8 km northeast of Swines Head.
Swines Head
- Type: Locality
- Description: cape in County Waterford, Ireland
- Category: cape
- Location: Munster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.13264° or 52° 7′ 58″ northLongitude
-7.03576° or 7° 2′ 9″ westOpen location code
9C4J4XM7+3MOpenStreetMap ID
node 4314600245OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
2961298Wikidata ID
Q26715335
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Swines Head” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Swines Head”
- Swedish: “Swines Head”
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