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The '''Hook Peninsula''' is a [[peninsula]] in [[County Wexford]], [[Ireland]]. It has been a gateway to south-east Ireland for successive waves of invaders, including the [[Viking]]s, [[Anglo-Normans]] and the [[English people|English]].

The coastline has a number of beaches. The peninsula's fishing villages, bird watching on the mudflats of Bannow Estuary, deep sea angling, snorkeling and swimming are part of the area's maritime life.{{fact|date=December 2022}} The area's rivers, valleys, estuaries and hills have long provided south-west Wexford with rich grazing land.{{fact|date=December 2022}}

==See also==
* [[Hook Head]], headland on the peninsula 
* [[Hook Lighthouse]], at the tip of the peninsula 
* [[Fethard-on-Sea]], a village 
* [[Duncannon]], a village 
* [[Loftus Hall]], a country house
* [[Slade, County Wexford|Slade]], a village overlooked by [[Slade Castle]]

==Further reading==
* {{cite book|title=The Hook Peninsula, County Wexford|author=Billy Colfer|publisher=[[Cork University Press]]|date=2008-04-20|isbn=9781859183786}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.hookpeninsula.com/ Hook Peninsula website]

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[[Category:Peninsulas of County Wexford]]


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