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Fanad Head

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Fanad Head
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The tip of the Fanad peninsula between Lough Swilly and Mulroy Bay. The lighthouse here, built after the wreck of the Saldanha in 1811 drowned all aboard, is regularly called one of the most beautiful in the world. Cliffs and arches all around it.

From Discover Ireland, Cionn Fhánada (Fanad Head)

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; https://www.flickr.com/photos/moonrising/, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0; Rossographer, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; MPF, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0; Ronnie Nijboer, Wikimedia Commons · CC0; Michael Dibb, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Patrice78500, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; Kenneth Allen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Carroll Pierce, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Irishhistoricalgamer, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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