[Viewpoint] Baginbun Head, Fethard-on-Sea, County Wexford
Trek Ireland on the South Wexford Coast
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Baginbun Head stands out in sharp relief again the calm seas and golden sands however this is no ordinary stretch of shoreline. It was here, at Baginbun Head, that two Anglo-Norman boats, 'La Bague’ and ‘La Bonne', landed in 1170 AD, bringing with them the first arrival of Norman invaders.
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