Hook Head

{{Short description|Headland in County Wexford, Ireland}}

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| other_name = Rinn Duáin{{Cite web|url=https://www.logainm.ie/en/1166616|title=Rinn Duáin/Hook Head|website=Placenames Database of Ireland}}

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Hook Head ({{irish place name|Rinn Duáin}}), historically called Rindowan,{{Cite web|url=https://www.logainm.ie/en/2549|title=Rinn Duáin/Hook|website=Placenames Database of Ireland}} is a headland in County Wexford, Ireland, on the east side of the estuary of The Three Sisters (Rivers Nore, Suir and Barrow). It is part of the Hook peninsula and is adjacent to the historic townland of Loftus Hall. It is situated on the R734 road, {{convert|50|km}} from Wexford town.

In Irish its name was originally Rinn Dubháin, Dubhán's point, named for a 5th-century Brittonic saint of that name (literally "little black [haired] one").{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZSpSsbAy0voC&q=Dubh%C3%A1n+hook&pg=PT10|title=The Hook Peninsula: County Wexford|first=Billy|last=Colfer|date=1 August 2004|publisher=Cork University Press|isbn=9781859183786|via=Google Books}}{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ThwvAAAAMAAJ&q=Dubh%C3%A1n+hook&pg=PA198|title=Journal|first=Royal Society of Antiquaries of|last=Ireland|date=1 August 1856|via=Google Books}} The English name is possibly a calque of his name, incorrectly read as being dubán, "fishing-hook".{{Cite web|url=http://www.dil.ie/19009|title=eDIL - Irish Language Dictionary|website=www.dil.ie}}{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FYtgAAAAcAAJ&q=Dubh%C3%A1n+hook&pg=PA559|title=The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland|date=1 August 1873|via=Google Books}}