page_title: Hook Head
hierarchical_section_title: Hook Head
caption_attribution_description: English: Hook Lighthouse at Hook Head, County Wexford, Ireland
context_page_description: Hook Head is a headland in County Wexford, Ireland located on the east side of the estuary of the three sisters rivers. It is part of the Hook peninsula and is adjacent to the historic townland of Loftus Hall. It is situated on the R734, 50 km from Wexford town.
  In Irish its name was originally Rinn Dubháin, Dubhán's point, named for a 5th-century Brittonic saint of that name. The English name is possibly a calque of his name, incorrectly read as being dubán, "fishing-hook."
context_section_description: Hook Head (Irish: Rinn Duáin) is a headland in County Wexford, Ireland located on the east side of the estuary of the three sisters rivers (the Nore, Suir and the Barrow). It is part of the Hook peninsula and is adjacent to the historic townland of Loftus Hall.  It is situated on the R734, 50 km (31 mi) from Wexford town.  
  In Irish its name was originally Rinn Dubháin, Dubhán's point, named for a 5th-century Brittonic saint of that name (literally "little black [haired] one"). The English name is possibly a calque of his name, incorrectly read as being dubán, "fishing-hook."
caption: Hook Lighthouse
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