Howth Cliff Walk
Dramatic clifftop trail past a historic lighthouse, with sweeping views of Dublin Bay and nearby islands.
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This guide to the Howth Cliff Walk retells the night of February 15, 1853, when the paddle steamer Queen Victoria, carrying around a hundred passengers from Liverpool, struck the rocks below Howth Head in a blinding snowstorm. You'll hear how an earlier steamer, the Prince, had struck these same cliffs seven years before, and what officials promised in response. Listen from the cliff path, looking down toward the water, where the Baily lighthouse still sweeps this stretch of sea.
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