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Strandhill Beach at sunset - surfers. 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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- Strandhill Beach at sunset - surfers
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BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Strandhill
How work, access and surfing shaped Strandhill.
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Strandhill or occasionally Larass (Irish: An Leathros) is a coastal town and townland on the Coolera Peninsula in County Sligo, Ireland.
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BEFORE TOURISM
Work at the water’s edge
He constructed a roadway to the sea for £1,000, and offered plots either side of the roadway, which he named Buenos Ayres Drive.
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1983
The shore becomes reachable
Strandhill is the site of Sligo Airport, which opened in 1983.
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Surf lessons, strandhill
surf school, summer 2012, Strandhill, Co Sligo, northwest coast of Ireland. 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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- surf school, summer 2012, Strandhill, Co Sligo, northwest coast of Ireland
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ORGANISED SPORT
Surfing reads the same coast differently
Strandhill is a vast beach break capable of holding huge waves in the right conditions.
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THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Strandhill is recorded at 54.272° N, 8.607° 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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Strandhill Beach at sunset - surfers - geograph.org.uk - 6330459
Strandhill Beach at sunset - surfers. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Strandhill Beach at sunset - surfers
- Nature
- original
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- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
TODAY
Strandhill now
The area is well known for surfing, as well as walks.
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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
Strandhill Beach at sunset - surfers - geograph.org.uk - 6330459
AOD.EU.STRANDHILL.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Surf lessons, strandhill
AOD.EU.STRANDHILL.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Strandhill overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.