Jagged rocks
In the sea.
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Malin Head is the most northerly point of mainland Ireland, in the townland of Ardmalin on the Inishowen peninsula in County Donegal, about 16 km north of Malin village and 43 km north of Derry in a straight line. The island of Inishtrahull lies about 10 km to the northeast. The geographer Ptolemy probably described it in the 2nd century AD as «the northern point». It gives its name to the Malin sea area, and its weather station is one of 22 whose reports are read on the shipping forecast. A stone tower built in 1805 stands on Tower Hill. To the east is a raised beach of scientific importance that shows how the sea level changed as the glaciers melted some 15,000 years ago. Jagged black rocks rise from a restless blue sea breaking white, and cushions of short green grass cover the clifftops. The square stone tower stands on the hill above the coast, and Donegal's mountains line the horizon to the west. Visitors follow paths between the cliffs and look down into a deep rock cleft known as Hell's Hole. It is one of the best places in Ireland to see the northern lights on clear winter nights; it is windy, so dress warmly.
In the sea.
A rock cleft.
Winter nights.
Ardmalin, Inishowen, County Donegal, Ireland
Sometimes, on clear winter nights.
Yes.