The Howth 17 is a type of keelboat. It was designed in 1897 and launched in Ireland in 1898. It is the oldest one-design keelboat racing class in the world...
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Howth (/ˈhoʊθ/ HOHTH; Irish: Binn Éadair, meaning 'Éadar's peak'; Old Norse: Hǫfuð) is a peninsular village and outer suburb of Dublin, Ireland. The district...
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winning on the Solent. Conversely the Howth 17, designed just four years later by Sir Walter H. Boyd of Howth, Co. Dublin is still actively raced and...
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Howth Castle (/ˈhoʊθ/ HOHTH) is a historic dwelling, originally of Norman origin, that lies by the village of Howth, County Dublin, Ireland; it is sited...
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several arrivals, in a few days.[full citation needed] In Ireland the Howth 17 was designed by Sir Walter Boyd in 1897, and is the oldest one-design racing...
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Ireland's Eye (category Howth)
Colloquially called "the Eye", the island is situated directly north of Howth village and harbour and is easily reached by regular seasonal tourist boats...
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Christopher St Lawrence, 2nd Baron Howth ( died 1462 or 1465 ) was an Anglo-Irish nobleman. He was a key figure in fifteenth-century Irish politics, and...
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Howth station (/ˈhoʊθ/ HOHTH; Irish: Stáisiún Bhinn Éadair), is a railway station in Fingal, Ireland that serves Howth village and one side of Howth Head...
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Jennifer Guinness (category People from Howth)
and member of the Guinness family. She was a keen sailor and a member of Howth Yacht Club. She was kidnapped for ransom in April 1986, but rescued by the...
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Baronet, is still remembered in the sailing world as the designer of the Howth 17 yacht. His second son Dr. Cecil Boyd was a noted rugby player. He was born...
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netcomuk.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. History of the Howth Seventeen at http://hyc.ie Retrieved 21 February 2017 "Royal Yorkshire Yacht...
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Earl of Howth (10 May 1730 – 29 September 1801) was Anglo-Irish peer and lawyer. Howth was the eldest son of William St Lawrence, 14th Baron Howth and Lucy...
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Childers and his wife Molly Childers. She is most noted for her use in the Howth gun-running of 1914. Asgard is sometimes mistaken for Dulcibella, the boat...
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Dublin and Drogheda Railway (section Howth branch)
Irish standard 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) gauge. It later opened branches to Howth and Oldcastle. The opening of the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway (D&BJct)...
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Belfast–Dublin line (section Howth Branch)
the 22000 class. The Howth Branch line, operated by Iarnród Éireann, extends from Howth Junction & Donaghmede station to Howth station in Fingal, Ireland...
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"excursion" destination of Poulaphouca Falls, and two services concerning Howth. At its peak, with over 60 miles (97 km) of active line, the system was...
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Ruairi O'Connor (category People from Howth)
and The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021). O'Connor grew up in Howth, County Dublin, Ireland, as the oldest of four siblings. His family moved...
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Stuart Townsend (category People from Howth)
In 2007, he directed the film Battle in Seattle. Townsend was born in Howth, County Dublin, the son of Lorna Hogan, an Irish model, and Peter Townsend...
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One Design classicyachtinfo.com, accessed 13 November 2018 History of the Howth Seventeen at HYC.ie, accessed 12 November 2018 Carvel built wooden boats...
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Eve McMahon (category People from Howth)
Eve McMahon (born 25 February 2004) is an Irish sailor from Howth, County Dublin. She competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the ILCA 6 Dinghy class,...
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filming in and around Dublin at locations such as Sandycove, the Forty Foot, Howth, and Malahide in August. They would also film in Belfast. Filming locations...
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the local electoral area of Howth–Malahide. Bayside is accessed from the main coastal road from the city centre to Howth, and from Kilbarrack Road. It...
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Corr Castle (category Howth)
fifteenth century in Sutton, Dublin. The castle lies within the boundaries of Howth Demesne in the old townland of Correston, close to the townlands of Quarry...
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Saoirse Ronan (category People from Howth)
again in Dublin with her parents, who settled in the seaside village of Howth. She was raised Catholic, but has stated that she questioned her faith as...
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meant a lot to him." In the early 1980s, he purchased properties on the Howth peninsula north of Dublin, one of which, White Horses in Sutton, was a 50th...
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List of Dublin postal districts (redirect from Dublin 17)
includes Baldoyle, Bayside, parts of Coolock, Donaghmede, Clongriffin, Sutton, Howth, Portmarnock and Ayrfield. Dublin 14 includes Churchtown, Clonskeagh, most...
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Vogue Williams (category People from Howth)
2012 in Florence, Italy. In June 2015, Williams purchased an apartment in Howth, near Dublin. On 7 July 2015, Williams and McFadden announced that they...
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After returning to Ireland, the couple moved to a small mews house in Howth, which they shared with the rest of U2. The couple have four children: daughters...
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Ulysses (novel) (section Episode 17, "Ithaca")
the other, opening in Sandycove to the south of the city and closing on Howth Head to the north. The plot of the first three chapters, along with chapter...
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Sutton Castle (category Howth)
castellated mansion house with terraced gardens on the southern coast of Howth Head, overlooking Dublin Bay, in County Dublin, Ireland. The current house...
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