Ceann Heilbhic - Siúlóid Machnaimh

English Translation

Welcome to the first stop of this tour around Helvic Head in Rinn Ó gCuanach. The view in front of you is the beautiful Déise bay of Dungarvan. As you are looking out at the ocean, breathing in the crisp air, and noticing the sea breeze on your skin, reflect that in the place you are now standing, one hundred years ago someone else stood where you are, looking out at the exact same ocean, with the breeze on their face and the fresh air filling their lungs.

English Translation

As you are now walking along the path that will lead you to the next stop, notice the plants and nature which surrounds you. Take a deep breath through your nose, into your lungs, and with it get the scent of the sea air and the smell of nature around you. In summer, the colourful flowers line this path and you can hear the bees hard at work.

English Translation

Now you can relax for a few minutes, looking out at the sea and listening to the lapping of the waves as they softly come in and out on the shoreline.The sound most associated with this beach is that of the stones rubbing off one another because of these waves. On certain days you can see the seals peeping in at those who occupy the beach. They pop their little heads up for a short moment and then dip back under the sea as if they were never even there.

English Translation

You are now standing on this beautiful little beach. It depends on the day what is beneath your feet, be it stones or sand. That is the best thing about this beach, or any beach , that you never know what it might look like from day to day. That reminds us of the power and influence of nature. Reflect on that impressive power and the energy that it emits. Notice how your feet lie upon this landscape, and once again take a deep, slow breath of that fresh ocean air into your lungs.

English Translation

The last stop, and the most beautiful perhaps. This is a landmark of An Rinn and rightfully so. The view would undoubtedly impact anyone who stood here. With the water on 3 sides of you, you are immersed in the energy of the ocean. Notice the boats bobbing on the waves. Once this quay would have been thronged with boats, and an hour wouldn't have passed where there weren't crowds of fishermen working hard here. Now it is rare that you would pass another soul as you walk along the quay. This is sad in a way, but peaceful too. Although this is the end of the tour of Ceann Heilbhic, I urge you to stay a while, and continue to take in the beauty of the place.