Introducing Hook Peninsula & Around
The long, tapering finger of the Hook Peninsula is an undiscovered joy. There are no blockbustingly major visitor attractions, but around every other bend is a quiet beach, a crumbling fortress, a stately abbey or a seafood restaurant. In good weather, it’s a fine journey out to Hook Head, then back along the western side to Duncannon.
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Cromwell’s statement that Waterford town would fall ‘by Hook or by Crooke’ referred to the two possible landing points from which to take the area: here or at Crooke in County Waterford.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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