Hook Lighthouse
The Hook Lighthouse is a building situated on Hook Head at the tip of the Hook Peninsula in County Wexford, in Ireland. It is one of the oldest lighthouses in the world and the second oldest operating lighthouse in the world, after the Tower of Hercules in Spain.Photo: Athena Flickr, CC BY 2.0.
Photo: Butlert9, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Ireland
- Also known as: “Hook Head” and “Hook Head Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Dubhán’s Church, Churchtown, Hook Peninsula and Slade Castle.
St. Dubhán’s Church, Churchtown, Hook Peninsula
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Dubhán’s Church, Churchtown, Hook Peninsula is situated 1¼ km north of Hook Lighthouse.
Slade Castle
Ruins
Photo: Ianfhunter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Slade Castle is a tower house and National Monument in County Wexford, Ireland. It is located in the village of Slade on the Hook Peninsula and primarily dates to the late 15th or early 16th century. Slade Castle is situated 1½ km northeast of Hook Lighthouse.
Loftus Hall
House
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Loftus Hall is a large country house on the Hook peninsula, County Wexford, Ireland. Built on the site of the original Redmond Hall, it is said to have been haunted by the devil and the ghost of a woman. Loftus Hall is situated 3 km northeast of Hook Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hook Point and Slade.
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.
Slade
Village
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Slade is a small village and townland in County Wexford, Ireland. The townland, which has an area of approximately 1 square kilometre, sits on the Hook Peninsula and had a population of 52 people as of the 2011 census.
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 Lighthouse
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: County Wexford, Leinster, Southeast Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.12376° or 52° 7′ 26″ northLongitude
-6.92946° or 6° 55′ 46″ westOperator
Commissioners of Irish LightsOpen location code
9C4M43FC+G6OpenStreetMap ID
way 87606863OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata ID
Q5897891
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Satellite Map
Discover Hook Lighthouse from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“Hook Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Hook itsasargia”
- Dutch: “Hook Head Lighthouse”
- Estonian: “Hooki majakas”
- Estonian: “Hooki tuletorn”
- Finnish: “Hookin majakka”
- French: “phare de Hook”
- French: “Phare de Hook”
- Irish: “Teach Solais Rinn Duáin”
- Spanish: “Faro de Cabo de Hook”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hook Lighthouse and Lime Kiln.
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