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Steep descent towards the sea near Mullaghmore Head - geograph.org.uk - 2513345
Steep descent towards the sea near Mullaghmore Head. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
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- Steep descent towards the sea near Mullaghmore Head
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BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Mullaghmore Head
How work, access and surfing shaped Mullaghmore Head.
Scroll to follow the shoreline through time
Mullaghmore (Irish: An Mullach Mór, meaning 'the great summit') is a village on the Mullaghmore Peninsula in the north of County Sligo in the west of Ireland.
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1847
Work at the water’s edge
During the summer and autumn of 1847, nine vessels, carrying over 2,000 persons, left Sligo port with tenants evicted and "shovelled out" from his Sligo estates.
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ACCESS CHANGES
The shore becomes reachable
The surviving overview does not identify one decisive access date for Mullaghmore Head.
This edition therefore leaves that date open rather than turning gradual change into a false single event.
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Mullaghmore-Pierhead Hotel - geograph.org.uk - 7609078
Mullaghmore-Pierhead Hotel. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
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- Mullaghmore-Pierhead Hotel
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2011
Surfing reads the same coast differently
These waves were about five metres (16 ft) less than the tallest wave ever recorded in Ireland in County Donegal on 13 December 2011, which was 20.4 metres (67 ft) high.
THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Mullaghmore Head is recorded at 54.468° N, 8.447° W. A surf map fixes a name to one stretch of moving water, but the place changes with tide, swell direction, wind and the shape of the seabed.
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Steep descent towards the sea near Mullaghmore Head - geograph.org.uk - 2513345
Steep descent towards the sea near Mullaghmore Head. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Steep descent towards the sea near Mullaghmore Head
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
TODAY
Mullaghmore Head now
On 8 March 2012, surfers and windsurfers from all over the world rode waves up to 15 metres (49 ft) high off Mullaghmore Head.
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THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
Steep descent towards the sea near Mullaghmore Head - geograph.org.uk - 2513345
AOD.EU.MULLAGHMORE.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Mullaghmore-Pierhead Hotel - geograph.org.uk - 7609078
AOD.EU.MULLAGHMORE.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Mullaghmore, County Sligo overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.