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TRAMORE , a See also:market See also:village and seaside resort of Co . See also:Water-See also:ford, See also:Ireland, on the See also:bay of the same name, 7 M . S. of the See also:city of See also:Waterford, and the See also:terminus of the Waterford & Tramore railway . The situation is pleasant, and the neighbouring coastexhibits bold cliff scenery . The bay is open to the See also:south, and is dangerous to navigators, as in foggy See also:weather it has been frequently mistaken for the entrance to Waterford See also:Harbour . On the cliffs to the See also:west are three towers, one having a curious See also:iron figure known as the " See also:metal See also:man," erected as a warning to sailors . The bay is divided into an See also:outer See also:part and an inner See also:lagoon (the Back Strand) by a See also:spit of See also:sand, with a strait, crossed by a See also:ferry at its eastern extremity . A See also:monument commemorates the See also:wreck of the troopship " Seahorse " in 1816 . Four See also:miles west is Dunhill See also:Castle, well situated on a precipitous See also:rock . |
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