Dingle Peninsula: Clogher Strand to Three Sisters
Looking northeastward along the northwestern corner of the Dingle Peninsula (County Kerry, in southwestern Ireland), over Clogher Strand -- the curved sandy beach -- and the townland of Ballyoughteragh towards Smerwick townland and the pointed peaks of the Three Sisters, on an afternoon of shifting sun and cloud at the end of September 2013.
The Dingle Peninsula is the northernmost of the five peninsulas of southwestern Ireland that stick out like fingers into the Atlantic Ocean. Its name in Irish is Corca Dhuibhne, sometimes Anglicised as Corkaguiny. Sybil Head (Ceann Sibéal) is just beyond the upper left, southwest of the Three Sisters. Together, these headland formations mark the northwestern edge of the Dingle. Towards the east, they slope down into the bay of Smerwick Harbour, which is just to the right of this view.
Irish names: Clogher Strand, also known as Trabaneclogher, is Trá Chloichir in Irish, and Sybil Head is Ceann Sibéal, while Smerwick is Ard na Caithne. According to Wikipedia (consulted 7 September 2015, but in an article that cites no source), the Irish name of the Three Sisters may be An Triúr Deirfiúr.
The name "Smerwick" has Norse roots, a reminder of the Viking raids and Norse settlements in early medieval Ireland. (As "wick" or "vic" means "harbour," the name "Smerwick Harbour" is a bit of a tautology.)
(Irish names from the Ordnance Survey Ireland Discovery Series map no. 70; Placenames Database of Ireland, consulted 3 December 2014 and 7 September 2015; The Rough Guide to Ireland, by Paul Gray and Geoff Wallis (10th edition 2011), p. 304, 310; "Corkaguiny" alternative from Blue Guide Ireland, by Brian Lalor (8th edition, 1998), p. 276.)
[Dingle tip north Smerwick Three Sisters autumn 2013 sep 30 c; IMG_4803]
Dingle Peninsula: Clogher Strand to Three Sisters
Looking northeastward along the northwestern corner of the Dingle Peninsula (County Kerry, in southwestern Ireland), over Clogher Strand -- the curved sandy beach -- and the townland of Ballyoughteragh towards Smerwick townland and the pointed peaks of the Three Sisters, on an afternoon of shifting sun and cloud at the end of September 2013.
The Dingle Peninsula is the northernmost of the five peninsulas of southwestern Ireland that stick out like fingers into the Atlantic Ocean. Its name in Irish is Corca Dhuibhne, sometimes Anglicised as Corkaguiny. Sybil Head (Ceann Sibéal) is just beyond the upper left, southwest of the Three Sisters. Together, these headland formations mark the northwestern edge of the Dingle. Towards the east, they slope down into the bay of Smerwick Harbour, which is just to the right of this view.
Irish names: Clogher Strand, also known as Trabaneclogher, is Trá Chloichir in Irish, and Sybil Head is Ceann Sibéal, while Smerwick is Ard na Caithne. According to Wikipedia (consulted 7 September 2015, but in an article that cites no source), the Irish name of the Three Sisters may be An Triúr Deirfiúr.
The name "Smerwick" has Norse roots, a reminder of the Viking raids and Norse settlements in early medieval Ireland. (As "wick" or "vic" means "harbour," the name "Smerwick Harbour" is a bit of a tautology.)
(Irish names from the Ordnance Survey Ireland Discovery Series map no. 70; Placenames Database of Ireland, consulted 3 December 2014 and 7 September 2015; The Rough Guide to Ireland, by Paul Gray and Geoff Wallis (10th edition 2011), p. 304, 310; "Corkaguiny" alternative from Blue Guide Ireland, by Brian Lalor (8th edition, 1998), p. 276.)
[Dingle tip north Smerwick Three Sisters autumn 2013 sep 30 c; IMG_4803]