hook head and baginbun head

Hook Head is a long, low rocky peninsula, ideal for seawatching in spring and autumn.
The Hook Head and Baginbun areas are top class diving sites in the south east. Visibility is excellent in the clear water here. At the nearby Naomh Seosamh Hotel in Fethard-on-Sea, it is possible to get a compressor. The hotel also has a drying room facility for divers.
Baginbun Head is associated with the first landings of the Normans in 1169.
The famous expression 'By Hook or by Crook' is thought by some to have come from Oliver Cromwell when planning to attack Waterford in 1649. Hook may be referring to the Hook Peninsula, while Crooke by extention is a small village just a short distance south from Passage East. The two places have thus achieved a place in history and lasting fame.