Dunmore Head

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Dunmore Head, County Kerry

Dunmore Head (Irish: An Dún Mór) is a promontory at the westernmost part of the Dingle Peninsula, located in the barony of Corkaguiny in south-western County Kerry. It is the westernmost point of mainland Ireland.[1]

This headland, together with parts of Mount Eagle's northern slopes is formed from steeply dipping beds of the cross-bedded sandstones of the Eask Sandstone Formation, dating from the Devonian period and traditionally referred to as the Old Red Sandstone.[2]

On 11 March 1982, the Spanish container ship, MV Ranga, was wrecked at Dunmore Head, close to Slea Head after losing power in a storm.

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References

  1. MacCulloch, JR (1837). Statistical Account of the British Empire (volume 1). London: Charles Knight & Co. p. 345. https://books.google.com/books?id=WETillZI8rwC&pg=PA345. Retrieved 13 April 2017. 
  2. Higgs, K. and Williams, B. Geology of the Dingle Peninsula, Geological Survey Ireland 2018