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Bombing 1975

Bombing 1975 from directly overhead

Bombing 1975 is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Slieve Foye stands 589 m to the east-northeast, 8.0 miles off.

What the record says

Inscription
To the memory of Jack Rooney and Hugh Watters murdered near this place in the Dundalk bombing of the 19th of December 1975

How to reach it

Coordinates54.00450, -6.40061

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Saint Leonards Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Ice House Hill Park: 0.4 mi
  • Muirhevnamor District Park: 1.2 mi
  • Blackrock Park: 3.0 mi
  • Fairview Park: 5.7 mi
Peaks
  • Ballybarrack: 1.8 mi
  • Trumpet Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Drumisnagh Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Monascreebe: 3.9 mi
  • Carewamean: 4.3 mi
Cliffs: 49
  • Goin Back Area: 11.4 mi
  • No Alibi Area: 11.4 mi
  • Sullivan's Travel Area: 11.4 mi
  • Rising Tide Area: 11.4 mi
  • Ride Lonesome Area: 11.4 mi
Artworks: 42
  • Sea God Managuan and Voyagers: 2.1 mi
  • Cooley Bull: 2.3 mi
  • Cooley Bull: 4.3 mi
  • Washer Woman: 4.3 mi
  • Brown Bull sculpture: 8.4 mi
Springs: 37
Attractions: 22
Picnic sites: 17
Museums: 9
Gardens: 6
Nature reserves: 4
Beaches: 1
  • Beach - Costa del Ceanfield: 14.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Black Stairs: 23.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Bombing 1975. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slieve FoyeENE 70°589 m8.0 mi
Slieve GullionN 351°573 m8.2 mi
Slieve Foye North-West TopENE 67°535 m7.9 mi
The Eagles RockENE 63°528 m7.7 mi
Clermont CarnNNE 32°510 m6.1 mi
SlievemartinENE 57°485 m11.4 mi
CarnavaddyNE 45°475 m5.7 mi
SlievemeenENE 59°472 m11.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2917:5218:38
June solstice04:5421:0322:02
September equinox07:1218:4019:27
December solstice08:4314:5516:05

Local time (Europe/London).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/2678739385

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