Loop Head
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Loop Head is marked by a prominent lighthouse. The opposite headland on the south side of the Shannon is Kerry Head. The Shannon Foynes Port Company controls navigation in the Shannon estuary and river.[6]
Loop Head peninsula, has the Atlantic Ocean on one side and the Shannon Estuary on the other, with barely a mile of land saving it from island status.
In 2010, the Loop Head peninsula was awarded a European Destinations of Excellence Award, which is an EU accolade for emerging tourism destinations which are developing in a responsible and sustainable manner.[7] In 2013, Loop Head was named the "Best Place to Holiday in Ireland" by The Irish Times,[8] and was shortlisted in the Best Destination category at the World Responsible Tourism awards. The Loop Head Peninsula is the only Irish destination listed in the 2014 Global Sustainable Top 100 Destinations and in 2015 took the gold medal at the Irish Responsible Tourism Awards.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Part of the film Star Wars: The Last Jedi was filmed at Loop Head.[9]
The head has a giant "Eire" sign left over from World War II during The Emergency in Ireland.[10]
Gallery
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Diarmuid and Gráinne's Rock or Lover's Leap
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Lighthouse
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Aillnagreagh
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Kilkee Cliffs
See also
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References
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- ↑ Loop Head Lighthouse Commissioners of Irish Lighthouses
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- ↑ Ceann Léime, Irish Placenames Database. Retrieved: 2010-08-13.
- ↑ Parish of Kilballyowen (b), Ordnance Survey Letters by John O'Donovan and Eugene Curry, 1839. Clare County Library. Retrieved: 2010-08-13
- ↑ Clare Topography, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland by Samuel Lewis, 1837. LibraryIreland.com. Retrieved: 2010-08-13
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External links
- Awarded "EDEN - European Destinations of Excellence" non traditional tourist destination 2010
- Commissioners of Irish Lights
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