Dunseverick
Hamlet in County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Dunseverick (from Irish Dún Sobhairce 'Sobhairce's fort') is a hamlet near the Giant's Causeway in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The name is also the alias for the townland of Feigh. It is most notable for Dunseverick Castle. There is also a waterfall close to the coast.
One of the five great highways, or slighe of ancient Ireland, Slige Midluachra, had its terminal point at Dunseverick, running from here to Emain Macha and further to royal Tara and the fording point on the Liffey at what is now Dublin.
The hamlet of Dunseverick itself lies in the adjacent townland of Currysheskin.
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- DunseverickCastle.jpg by The original uploader was Pdean at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.5
- 133 Dunseverick Falls.jpg by Ekki3, CC BY 4.0
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