The Hook Peninsula is a peninsula in County Wexford, Ireland. It has been a gateway to south-east Ireland for successive waves of newcomers, including the Vikings, Anglo-Normans and the English.
The coastline has a number of beaches. The peninsula's fishing villages, bird watching on the mudflats of Bannow Estuary, deep sea angling, snorkeling and swimming are part of the area's maritime life.[citation needed] The area's rivers, valleys, estuaries and hills have long provided south-west Wexford with rich grazing land.[citation needed]
See also
- Hook Head, headland on the peninsula
- Hook Lighthouse, at the tip of the peninsula
- Fethard-on-Sea, a village
- Duncannon, a village
- Loftus Hall, a country house
- Slade, a village overlooked by Slade Castle
Further reading
- Billy Colfer (20 April 2008). The Hook Peninsula, County Wexford. Cork University Press. ISBN 9781859183786.
External links
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