Loop Head

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Loop Head (Irish: Ceann Léime, meaning "leap head"),[3][4][5] is a headland on the north side of the mouth of the River Shannon, in County Clare in the west of Ireland.

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]

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  1. Loop Head Lighthouse Commissioners of Irish Lighthouses
  2. Lighthouses Directory
  3. Ceann Léime, Irish Placenames Database. Retrieved: 2010-08-13.
  4. Parish of Kilballyowen (b), Ordnance Survey Letters by John O'Donovan and Eugene Curry, 1839. Clare County Library. Retrieved: 2010-08-13
  5. Clare Topography, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland by Samuel Lewis, 1837. LibraryIreland.com. Retrieved: 2010-08-13
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  7. Proposed suspension bridge would link Bishop's Island with Clare coast
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