67-550: The Harbour lighthouse in Howth is a historic aid to navigation situated on the East pier of the harbour. It was built in the early 19th century to help guide shipping into the newly constructed harbour, which acted as the terminus for the packet service between Ireland and England. In 1982 it was decommissioned and replaced by a modern pole light on an adjacent extension of the pier. Ongoing delays in getting packet boats unloaded at
134-424: A Flora of Howth , for example, was issued in 1887. Howth Castle , and its estate, at least part of which is known as Deer Park, are key features of the area. Corr Castle also previously formed part of the estate. On the grounds of Howth Castle lies a collapsed megalithic dolmen (portal tomb), known locally as Aideen's Grave. At the southeast corner of Howth Head, in the area known as Bail(e)y (historically,
201-504: A 250 Watt bulb in 1955, when electricity was installed and the keepers were withdrawn. The lighthouse is recorded as being of national importance within the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage . Completed in early 1818 with the adjacent lighthouse keeper's house being added in 1821; initially this was single storey, but an additional storey was added in 1856. The Holyhead Mail Pier Lighthouse also designed by Rennie
268-468: A local stonemason on the West Pier. Irish poet and writer William Butler Yeats was a resident of Howth in the 19th century. There is a blue plaque dedicated to Yeats at Balscadden House on Balscadden Road which was his cottage home from 1880 to 1883. The plaque contains the couplet “I have spread my dreams under your feet/ Tread softly because you tread on my dreams” from his poem ' Aedh Wishes for
335-547: A minister, the order was developed in cooperation with a unit of Trinity College Dublin . It was made in 1999, confirmed in 2000, and is subject to 5-yearly reviews, the most recent having been conducted in 2015. At the time of its making the majority of the lands covered formed part of the Howth Estate, with the other significant landowners being developers Treasury Holdings (85 hectares) and Gerry Gannon (33 hectares), and Howth Golf Club (48 hectares). The Council stated that
402-785: A post office, although the nearest supermarket is at Sutton Cross and the nearest service stations are in Baldoyle and Bayside. Howth, having once held at least seven hotels, four still as of 1990, saw the last, the Deer Park Hotel, on the Howth Estate, close in April 2014, although the premises continued to trade as a bar, and base for the Deer Park golf courses and a 'FootGolf' course, and later housed refugees. The area has multiple bed-and-breakfast establishments, and Airbnb hosts. The nearest operational hotel, The Marine Hotel (formerly
469-746: A private residence. Also located in Red Rock is Sutton Castle , the former home of the Jameson family, and later became the residence of Belgian businessman Albert Luykx , made famous during the Irish arms trial . It subsequently became Sutton House Hotel and then Sutton Castle Hotel, before being converted in 2003 to private residences. Several notable Georgian houses are located in Sutton including two imposing 4-storey Georgian era houses now called Beachfield House (previously called Devonshire Terrace) as well as
536-473: A range of 12 nautical miles, and the red 8 nautical miles. Howth Howth ( / ˈ h oʊ θ / HOHTH ; Irish : Binn Éadair , meaning 'Éadar's peak'; Old Norse : Hǫfuð ) is an affluent peninsular village and outer suburb of Dublin , Ireland . The district as a whole occupies the greater part of the peninsula of Howth Head , which forms the northern boundary of Dublin Bay , and includes
603-508: A series of towers built around the coast of Ireland during the 19th century. More than half of Howth Head, and of the Howth area, totalling around 1,500 acres, is subject to a Special Amenity Area Order, a provision of Irish law designed to protect areas of natural beauty or biodiversity. Prepared by the local authority, after a consultative process under a community environmental process known as SEMPA, and formally proposed by Brendan Howlin as
670-477: A small quarry and a busy commercial fishing port. The only neighbouring district on land is Sutton . Howth is also home to one of the oldest occupied buildings in Ireland, Howth Castle , and its estate. Howth is also a civil parish in the ancient barony of Coolock . Howth is located on the peninsula of Howth Head , which begins around 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) east-north-east of Dublin 's GPO, on
737-542: A strategic base between Scandinavia and the Mediterranean. On the grounds of Howth Castle is a 3000 year old dolmen tomb known as Aideen's Grave . According to legend it is the resting place of the mythological figure Aideen . This legend is the subject of the poem 'Aideen's Grave' by Samuel Ferguson . In ancient history Ptolemy's second-century map of Ireland shows Howth as an island named Edri Deserta (sometimes rendered as Edros ). After Brian Ború ,
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#1732772338030804-541: Is a building known as The College or The Old College , on Abbey Street which was primarily constructed in the late 15th or early 16th century but also with earlier medieval elements. Drumleck Castle on a promontory in the Censure area of Howth was formerly on the Record of Protected Structures but removed as there were no structural elements remaining above ground to warrant retention. Alternative protection remains under
871-542: Is a common area for birdwatching and sailing , and is also popular with anglers. Fish like cod and ray can be caught from Howth's rocky shore marks. Sea mammals, such as seals, are common sights in and near the harbour. It used to be popular to feed the seals but authorities banned the practice for a variety of reasons. Birds seen regularly include razorbill, guillemot, fulmar, kittiwake, cormorant, stonechat, linnet, whitethroat, yellowhammer, skylark, wheatear, swallow, house martin, peregrine, buzzard and kestrel. Howth
938-461: Is a matching tower in Holyhead it was built in 1821 at the other terminus of the Irish packet ships. A white pole was set up on the last section of the pier, beyond the lighthouse, taking over light provision from 19 May 1982. It had a glass drum lens in a buoy lantern, and after modernisation in 2010, it operates with six halogen lamps, on a mains electric supply and battery. The white beams have
1005-535: Is also a destination for cyclists, joggers and hill-walkers alike, particularly on weekends. One attraction is the six-kilometre long Cliff Path Loop. The loop walk takes about two hours to complete, is rated with an easy to moderate difficulty, and begins and ends at the Howth DART [Railway] Station. Another common walk is the original Cliff Walk to Red Rock in Sutton. Howth was within County Dublin from
1072-535: Is also readily accessible from Sutton. One of the area's oldest buildings, the fifteenth century Corr Castle , is located at Sutton North near the Howth Road entrance to Offington housing estate. The castle previously formed part of the Howth Park Racecourse which stretched over large parts of Sutton and Howth. The area is also home to one of Ireland's Martello Towers at Red Rock which is now
1139-509: Is located in the administrative county of Fingal , within the traditional County Dublin . The village is bounded by the sea and undeveloped land except along two roads, one rising towards the Summit, one running at sea level near the coast, towards Sutton Cross. Howth is at the end of a regional road ( R105 ) from Dublin. One branch of the DART suburban rail system has its physical terminus by
1206-555: Is now a private residence which is part of a modern housing development. The Luí na Gréine (English: Sunset ) granite standing stone monument is located on the seaside pathway at Sutton strand and was designed by Cliodhna Cussen and erected in the mid-2000s. Sutton has three mixed primary schools: the Burrow School, on the Dublin Road between Sutton Cross and Howth, St. Fintan's National School, on Carrickbrack Road, and
1273-563: Is the biggest club for junior squash in Ireland. The local soccer club is Howth Celtic, with grounds located opposite St.Fintan's primary school on Carrickbrack Road . There is a local scout group which meets in St. Mary's Church of Ireland Parish Hall in Howth. Red Rock is a trailhead for the Cliff Walk which navigates a large section of Howth Head and ends at Howth village. Shielmartin Hill
1340-436: Is then cleared by Fingal County Council staff. Sutton is surrounded by many beaches. The Burrow Beach is particularly popular among locals and tourists. It is approximately 1.2 km and stretches from Sutton Golf Club to Howth, along one side of the tombolo connecting Howth Head to the mainland. Sutton Strand runs along the coast road and in front of St. Fintan's church. Two quarries previously operated in Sutton on
1407-518: Is today home to units of both the RNLI (lifeboat service) and the Irish Coastguard. In 2019, Howth Castle and its demesne, including Ireland's Eye, were sold to Tetrarch Investment group, with an element of the site close to the demesne gate immediately sold on again for development, to Glenveagh Properties. Howth Head is one of the dominant features of Dublin Bay , with a number of peaks,
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#17327723380301474-885: The British in the Easter Rising and in the subsequent Anglo-Irish War . Among the members of the Howth branches of the Irish Volunteers and Cumann na mBan who participated in this event were the well-known writers Padraic Colum and Mary Colum . Members of both the Howth Volunteers and Baldoyle section of the Irish Citizen Army participated in the Easter Rising in Dublin city and in Fingal . A strong local branch of Sinn Féin developed in
1541-638: The High King of Ireland, defeated the Norse in 1014, many Norse fled to Howth to regroup and remained a force until their final defeat in Fingal in the middle of the 11th century. Howth still remained under the control of Irish and localised Norse forces until the invasion of Ireland by the Anglo-Normans in 1169. Without the support of either the Irish or Scandinavian powers, Howth was isolated and fell to
1608-494: The Howth Harbour Lighthouse , built in the 19th century and no longer in service, and the pole-mounted light which replaced it. In Howth village are St. Mary's Church and its graveyard, overlooking the harbour. The earliest church on this site was built by Sitric, King of Dublin, in 1042. It was replaced around 1235 by a parish church, when that function was moved from the church on Ireland's Eye, and then, in
1675-477: The tombolo which links Howth Head to the mainland, some of the lower slopes of Howth Hill, and a little of the adjacent coasts. The area lies within the jurisdiction of Fingal County Council . There is a small commercial core at the Sutton Cross road intersection. Sutton lies in the ancient Barony of Coolock , within the traditional County Dublin . The first recorded mention of Sutton in reference to
1742-469: The 1960s) and the Asgard Hotel (formerly The Dalriada Hotel) on Balscadden Bay. The Asgard hotel was famously owned by Phil Lynott and operated by his mother Philomena Lynott when it burned down in 1982, later being replaced by apartments. Large numbers of tourists visit Howth annually in order to avail of the views from the summit, to walk the piers, and to taste locally sourced seafood. Howth
1809-455: The 31 series of routes. There was previously also a tram service. Howth, in addition to its fishery harbour, hosts a substantial marina, and seasonal boat service to the uninhabited Ireland's Eye . Howth is also a waypoint for aircraft approaching Dublin Airport . The Irish name for Howth is Binn Éadair, meaning Éadar's Peak or Hill. In Old Irish, the name is recorded as Etar, which
1876-515: The Cloths of Heaven ' (1899). Howth would feature in Yeats writings. The first time is the 1893 essay 'Village Ghosts' recounting the paranormal folklore of the village and the second is in the poem 'Beautiful Lofty Things' (1938); " Maud Gonne at Howth station waiting a train". On 26 July 1914, 900 rifles were landed at Howth by Erskine Childers for the Irish Volunteers . Many were used against
1943-666: The European Parliament constituency of Dublin. Howth has been a filming location for movies such as The Last of the High Kings , Boy Eats Girl , Love, Rosie and Sing Street . Among Howth's better-known residents are or have been: Sutton, Dublin Sutton ( Irish : Cill Fhionntain , meaning 'Fintan's cell or church') is a residential suburb on the Northside of Dublin , Ireland. It occupies
2010-674: The Golfers Hotel and the Strand Hotel), is located at Sutton Cross, approximately 2.5 km from Howth harbour. Other hotels that have closed include The Howth Lodge Hotel (formerly the Claremont Hotel), The Baily Court Hotel (formerly The Royal Hotel), The Saint Lawrence Hotel, Sutton Castle Hotel (part of its grounds were located in a remote part of Howth), the Waverley Hotel on Kitestown Road (burned down in
2077-638: The Green Bayley) is the automated Baily Lighthouse , successor to previous aids to navigation, at least as far back as the late 17th century. This is the subject of a picture, Howth Lighthouse, from the Needles , by George Petrie , which appears in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1835, with an attached poetical illustration by Letitia Elizabeth Landon . At the end of the East Pier of Howth Harbour are
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2144-453: The Hill of Howth until 1959. At the core of Sutton is a tombolo connecting Howth (which used to be an island) to the mainland. The original village of Sutton was situated on the city-facing (south-western) side of Howth Head, along Strand Road, where there are today housing terraces and a small harbour, but the area is now centred on Sutton Cross. There are several small streams in the area, all substantially culverted. Some tiny flows cross
2211-471: The Howth Road near Corr Castle and at Barren Hill on St.Fintans Road. Both are now closed. There is one main commercial area, with a Supervalu store (previously a Superquinn ) supermarket, under that chain's HQ, which in turn had replaced the local cinema), the Marine Hotel, a post office, and other banking, dining and retail operations. The local filling stations closed some years back, leaving
2278-564: The National Monuments Acts 1930–2004, as a Record Monument RMP Ref No. DU019-007. Howth remains an active centre of the fishing industry, one of Ireland's "tier 2" fishing ports, with some processing performed in the fishing harbour area, and some boat maintenance. There is a State Fisheries Centre, including an ice-making plant, and a dry dock. The area is active commercially, with a range of retail and leisure outlets, including multiple restaurants, two convenience stores and
2345-530: The Normans in 1177. One of the victorious Normans, Armoricus (or Almeric) Tristram, was granted much of the land between the village and Sutton. According to the historian Samuel Lewis: In 1177, Sir Amorey Tristram and Sir John de Courcy landed here at the head of a large military force, and totally defeated the Danish inhabitants in a sanguinary battle at the bridge of Evora, over a mountain stream which falls into
2412-622: The Pigeon House at the mouth of the Liffey , near Ringsend , meant that an alternative harbour was deemed necessary. Howth was seen as a suitable location, the other option being Dún Laoghaire . In 1807 work started on building the east pier at Howth to a design by a Captain Taylor, but when a large section of the pier gave way, the works were taken over by John Rennie the Elder . A second pier
2479-495: The Sutton end of the Cliff Walk paths, and two bigger streams, Santa Sabina Stream and the Carrickbrack Stream , discharge at the coast on Sutton Strand. Carrickbrack Stream rises between Shielmartin Hill and Dun Hill near Howth Golf Course, and flows, meeting minor tributaries, roughly parallel to Carrickbrack Road, coming to the shore at the south-western end of the strand, while Santa Sabina Stream comes from
2546-733: The Whitewater Brook, with a tributary in a sunken area of plants and ponds, and then the Balsaggart Stream. The island of Ireland's Eye , part of the Special Area of Conservation, lies about a kilometre north of Howth harbour, with Lambay Island some 5 km further to the north. A Martello tower exists on each of these islands with another tower overlooking Howth harbour (opened as a visitor centre and Ye Olde Hurdy Gurdy Museum of Vintage Radio on 8 June 2001 ) and another tower at Red Rock, Sutton. These are part of
2613-535: The area and there was considerable local involvement in both the Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War . The harbour was radically rebuilt by the Office of Public Works in the late 20th century (a documentary was done on the much-delayed project in 1986), with distinct fishing and leisure areas formed, and the installation of a modern ice-making facility. A new lifeboat house was later constructed, and Howth
2680-547: The area is from around 1228–48, noted in the Calendar of Archbishop Alen 's Register; it is likely linked to a person of Norman origin. Historically Sutton lay entirely on the Howth peninsula , from Sutton Cross up to Claremont Road and where Barren Hill meets Carrickbrack Road and the Martello Tower at Red Rock. Today, however, it is generally considered to extend to the railway, where it meets Baldoyle , and to
2747-658: The area with routes H3 and 6, within the BusConnects scheme. There is a cycleway that connects Sutton to Clontarf and Fairview , with works ongoing to connect to Sandymount . Sutton railway station opened on 30 July 1846 as Baldoyle & Sutton , being renamed Sutton in 1901. The station lies on the Howth branch of the commuter rail network and is served by the Dublin Area Rapid Transit (DART) system. The Hill of Howth Tramway ran between Sutton railway station and Howth railway station around
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2814-454: The badlands of Sutton (at the time Sutton was open countryside). However, due to silting , the harbour needed frequent dredging to accommodate the packet and the service was relocated to Dún Laoghaire in 1809, after £350,000 had been spent on Howth. English King George IV visited the harbour in August 1821, which is remembered today by an imprint of his shoes (see left picture) carved by
2881-546: The central area of the Howth (Deer Park) Estate, and runs in culvert past the Offington housing estate and through the grounds of Santa Sabina Dominican Convent, reaching the sand around 150m north of the mouth of the Carrickbrack, with concrete framing and a guard rail. The Santa Sabina outfall, in front of Saint Fintan's Roman Catholic church, sometimes flows very actively but is notably sometimes covered by sand, which
2948-524: The clan leader and sometime pirate Gráinne O'Malley , who was rebuffed in 1576 while attempting a courtesy visit to Howth Castle , home of the Earl of Howth . In retaliation, she abducted the Earl's grandson and heir, and as ransom, she exacted a promise that unanticipated guests would never be turned away again. She also made the Earl promise that the gates of Deer Park (the Earl's demesne) would never be closed to
3015-626: The commissioning of the light was undertaken by George Halpin who was the Inspector of Lighthouses for the Dublin Ballast Board. Halpin complained in June 1818 that the lighthouse was "neither ready for a lightkeeper nor suitably constructed for lighting the harbour." Changes were made, and it was first lit on 1 July, with "twelve Argand lamps with red lamp glasses and silvered copper catoptric reflectors". Due to problems with siltation
3082-439: The harbour and the St. Lawrence link remained until 2019 (see Earl of Howth ). The original title of Baron of Howth was granted to Almeric St. Lawrence by Henry II of England in 1181, for one Knight's fee . Howth was a minor trading port from at least the 14th century, with both health and duty collection officials supervising from Dublin, although the harbour was not built until the early 19th century. A popular tale concerns
3149-539: The harbour, the other northern terminus being Malahide 's station, which is actually on a through line for mainline rail towards Belfast. Under the bus route network for Dublin overseen by the National Transport Authority , Dublin Bus serves Howth with route H3, and the local route 290 which goes over the hill and through Sutton to Sutton DART station. For decades prior to 2021, Howth was served by
3216-515: The highest of which is Black Linn. In one area, near Shielmartin, there is a small peat bog, the "Bog of the Frogs". The wilder parts of Howth can be accessed by a network of paths (many are rights of way) and much of the centre and east is protected as part of a Special Area of Conservation of 2.3 square kilometres (570 acres), as well as by a Special Amenity Area Order. The peninsula has a number of small, fast-running streams, three of which run through
3283-698: The introduction of the shire structure by the Normans, and within North Dublin rural district from its creation under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 . In 1918, Howth became a separate urban district with the consent of the Local Government Board for Ireland and despite the opposition of North Dublin rural district council. In 1942, it was transferred to Dublin county borough , with Dublin Corporation superseding
3350-422: The island of Ireland's Eye , which holds multiple natural protection designations. Howth has been settled since prehistoric times, and features in Irish mythology. A fishing village and small trading port from at least the 14th century, Howth has grown to become a busy and affluent suburb of Dublin, with a mix of suburban residential development, wild hillside and heathland, golf courses, cliff and coastal paths,
3417-512: The junction of Baldoyle Road and the coast road, where it meets Bayside , these additional lands historically having been farmland. The only neighbouring district on Howth Head is Howth itself. Beginning on the Howth Road (R105) about 12 kilometres from the city centre, Sutton neighbours Howth , which occupies most of the Howth peninsula, and Baldoyle and Bayside. It is served by the main road from Dublin to Howth (R105). Dublin Bus serves
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#17327723380303484-408: The junction of Greenfield Road and Church Road. There is also a Methodist church at the junction of Church Road and Howth Road. Sutton contains one of Dublin's main burial grounds, St. Fintan's , which is divided into two parts, "old" and "new." The former contains a ruined chapel dating from early Norman times, and the latter, an abandoned keeper's cottage. Uphill from the older graveyard, in
3551-543: The line of the Coulcour Brook, then taking in a narrow part of Howth village, including the Martello Tower and East Pier, and Ireland's Eye. It also covers a network of over 20 km of designated footpaths and rights of way, and it was stated that "all existing scenic views and prospects from the entire length of public footpaths and roads in the area are to be protected". Fingal County Council explained
3618-467: The nearby Sealawn House (1830s) which was owned by John Pentland Mahaffy . Adjacent to these is a terrace of Howth stone-faced fisherman's cottages called Martello Terrace . The end house of this terrace used to house the old Sutton coast guard station but has now been converted into residential accommodation. The old tram shed which was used by the Hill of Howth Tramway is located near Sutton Station, but
3685-403: The need for the order, noting that between the 1940s and the present day "Howth has been transformed from a rural area to a suburban extension of Dublin city" and that its natural or "semi-natural" areas had shrunk from over 70% to around 40% of land area, while highly developed areas had risen from 14% to 30%. As a semi-isolated area, Howth's flora and fauna have been studied in some detail, and
3752-526: The north side of Dublin Bay . The village itself is located just over 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) by road from Dublin city centre (the ninth of a series of eighteenth-century milestones from the Dublin General Post Office (GPO) is in the village itself). The settlement spans much of the northern part of Howth Head, which was once an island but now is connected to the rest of Dublin via a narrow strip of land (a tombolo ) at Sutton. Howth
3819-414: The order was needed to protect the environment of the designated area by restricting development there, while recognising the need "to encourage tourism-related developments in the remainder of Howth". The SAAO area runs from the vicinity of Bottle Quay northeast to Muck Rock, east to the reservoir at Balkill, east and south around the Loughoreen Hills and Black Linn, then to the Summit, turning north along
3886-443: The primary part of Sutton Park School . It holds three secondary schools: St. Fintan's High School (a boys school, technically in Baldoyle), Santa Sabina Dominican College (a.k.a. Santa Sabina) (girls) and the senior part of Sutton Park School (mixed). Sutton comprises a parish in the Roman Catholic church, St. Fintans, within the deanery of Howth, with a parish church at the base of Howth Hill, adjacent to Santa Sabina School, at
3953-411: The public again, and the gates are still open to this day, and an extra place is set for unexpected guests during formal dinners in the dining room. In the early 19th century, Howth was chosen as the location for the harbour for the mail packet (postal service) ship. Construction began in 1807. One of the arguments used against Howth by the advocates of Dún Laoghaire was that coaches might be raided in
4020-491: The sea near the Baily lighthouse. This victory secured to Sir Amorey the lordship of Howth, of which his descendants have continued in possession to the present day, under the name of St. Laurence , which Almaric, third baron, assumed in fulfilment of a vow previously to his victory over the Danes near Clontarf, in a battle fought on the festival of that saint. The territory of Howth was confirmed to Almaric de St. Laurence by King John.... Tristam built his first castle overlooking
4087-475: The second, half of the 14th century, the present church was built. The building was modified in the 15th and 16th centuries, when the gables were raised, a bell cote was built and a new porch and south door were added. The St. Lawrence family, of nearby Howth Castle, also modified the east end to act as a private chapel; inside is the tomb of Christopher St Lawrence, 2nd Baron Howth , who died in 1462, and his wife, Anna Plunkett of Ratoath. Also of historic interest
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#17327723380304154-560: The unattended Maxol filling station in coastal Kilbarrack and its attended station on Baldoyle Road as the only fuelling facilities nearby. There is dinghy sailing off the coast at Sutton Dinghy Club, based within Sutton Creek . Golf can be played at Sutton Golf Club, with Howth and the Deerpark golf facilities nearby; footgolf and poc fada can also be played at Deerpark. Suttonians Rugby Football Club , at Station Road, provides for local rugby players and supporters. Sutton Tennis Club has 12 outdoor courts and five indoor squash courts; it
4221-401: The urban district council. In 1985, it was removed from the city and reassigned to the county. In 1994, it was in the area that became Fingal , the successor north of the River Liffey to County Dublin. At the 2019 Irish local elections , the Howth–Malahide local electoral area elected 7 councillors to Fingal County Council . Howth is in the Dáil constituency of Dublin Bay North and
4288-476: The use of the harbour for the mail packets was short lived, and instead another harbour was constructed at Dún Laoghaire , also designed by Rennie. This became the packet station in 1826. This shift in the importance of Howth harbour meant that questions were asked in 1836 about the ongoing need for the lighthouse. But the necessity for the light was justified by Halpin due to the use of the harbour for sheltering ships in bad weather. The oil lamps were replaced with
4355-411: The village, with more, including the Bloody Stream, in the adjacent Howth Demesne. The streams passing through the village are, from east to west, Coulcour Brook (falling to Balscadden Bay), Gray's Brook or the Boggeen Stream (falling to the eastern end of the harbour), and Offington Stream (passing under Findlater's to the western side of the harbour). Other streams are met along the cliff walks, including
4422-399: Was constructed on the advice of Rennie, and the harbour was mostly finished by 1813. The piers were built with stone from the nearby quarry at Kilrock and granite which was shipped in by boat from Dalkey Quarry . But, "It was not formally established as the mail packet station until 1818, when a lighthouse was added to the end of the east pier." Although the lighthouse was designed by Rennie,
4489-458: Was first plundered by the Vikings around 819. One of the possible origins of the Irish name is from Étar, wife of one of the five Fir Bolg chieftains who is reported to have died at Howth. The name Howth is thought to be of Norse origin, perhaps being derived from the Old Norse Hǫfuð ("head" in English). Norse vikings colonised the eastern shores of Ireland and built the settlement of Dyflinn (one of two settlements which became Dublin) as
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