2017-09-17

Old Head

The Old Head (An Seancheann) is a sandstone peninsula, south of Kinsale. An early XVII lighthouse, the ruins of an old guard tower and a rebuilt early XIX signal tower remain above the scenery. Although being a beautiful landscape, a golf course has held the entire peninsula as hostage, blocking access to its cliffs from both tourism and locals.
As this is the closest point of land to where the RMS Lusitania was sunk by a German U-boat, in 1915, a memorial stands behind this perspective.


The Old Head of Kinsale (An Seancheann) 

Kinsale, Ireland
2017, September

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