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{{short description|Hilly area on Howth Head near Dublin, Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Ben of Howth
| native_name = {{Native name|ga|Beann Éadair|paren=omit}}
| photo = Ben_of_Howth_Mast.jpg
| photo_caption = Ben of Howth Radio Mast
| elevation_m = 171
| elevation_ref = <ref name="mv">{{cite web |url= http://mountainviews.ie/summit/1046 |title= East Coast Area - Ben of Howth  |author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website= MountainViews |publisher= [[Ordnance Survey Ireland]] |access-date=July 5, 2015}}</ref>
| prominence_m = 167
| prominence_ref = <ref name="mv" />
| map = island of Ireland
| map_relief = yes 
| map_caption = Location in Ireland
| listing = [[Marilyn (hill)|Marilyn]]
| location = [[County Dublin]], Ireland
| grid_ref_Ireland = O285376
| topo = [[Ordnance Survey Ireland|OSi]] ''Discovery'' 50
}}
The '''Ben of Howth''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|oʊ|θ}} {{respell|HOHTH|'}}; [[Irish language|Irish]]: ''Beann Éadair'' ) is a hilly area<ref name="Joyce_Ch32">{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20101029221730/http://www.chaptersofdublin.com/books/Neighbourhood/chapter32.html The Neighbourhood of Dublin - Chapter 32]}}, Weston St John Joyce, Dublin, MH Gill and Son, 1912, - multiple mentions</ref> on [[Howth Head]], adjacent to the 171&nbsp;metre high Black Linn,<ref name="Joyce_Ch32"/> the peninsula's highest point.<ref name="Joyce_Ch32"/>

== Geography ==
Lying approximately 1½&nbsp;km to the south of [[Howth]] village, the nearest road is Windgate Road, from which a path leads west past Green Hollows [[quarry]].

Two of Howth's other peaks are nearby, [[Shielmartin Hill|Shelmartin or Shielmartin]]<ref name="Joyce_Ch32"/> which lies approximately 1&nbsp;km to the west, and Dun Hill,<ref name="Joyce_Ch32"/> 0.5&nbsp;km to the north west.

==Gallery==
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File:Ben of Howth, north sunny.jpg|North-facing view
File:Ben of Howth, northwest sunny.jpg|Northwest facing view
File:Ben of Howth, southwest sunny.jpg|Ben of Howth, southwest facing view
File:Ben of Howth, east.jpg|Ben of Howth, east view
</gallery>

==References and notes==
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