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{{Short description|Townland in County Waterford, Ireland}}
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'''Helvick''' or '''Helvick Head''' ({{Langx|ga|Heilbhic, Ceann Heilbhic}}, {{langx|non|Hellavík}}) is a [[headland]] on the southern end of [[Dungarvan]] Harbour, [[Ireland]]; it is the eastern tip of the [[Ring, County Waterford|Ring Peninsula]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/motors/through-the-gaeltacht-and-to-the-sea-1.597126|title=Through the Gaeltacht and to the sea|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=15 June 2011|accessdate=10 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irelandhighlights.com/info/helvick-head/|title=Helvick Head - Ireland Highlights}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eoceanic.com/sailing/harbours/30/helvick|title=eOceanic|website=eoceanic.com}}</ref>
Formed of [[Old Red Sandstone]], it is the easternmost protrusion of a ridge that begins near [[Cork City]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ucc.ie/en/bees/outreach/geogarden/rock1/|title=Old Red Sandstone|website=University College Cork}}</ref>
[[File:Helvick Head Lifeboat Station 2015 09 13.jpg|thumb|[[Royal National Lifeboat Institution]] station]]
==Name==
Helvick is one of a very few [[Irish place names]] derived from [[Old Norse]]. The second part, -''vík'', means "bay" (cf. [[Smerwick]]); and ''-hel'' in Icelandic means death or danger. (See the Icelandic adjective ''helvískur'' which means dangerous). Helvik would be recognised by an Icelander as suggesting a dangerous harbour entrance, especially in view of the presence of the very dangerous ''Blackrock'' right in the entrance to Dungarvan Harbour and just over a mile from the headland of Helvick.
the meaning of the first part is unclear, but it may mean "healthy", "white", "holy", or "safe"; compare with [[Hellvik]], [[Norway]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.logainm.ie/en/49599|title=Heilbhic/Helvick|website=Logainm.ie}}</ref>
==Wildlife==
{{Commons category|Helvick Head Pier}}
Helvick Head is a [[Special Area of Conservation]] (SAC).<ref>[https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000665 Helvick Head SAC | National Parks & Wildlife Service<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The cliffs are a nesting site for seabirds including [[Red-billed chough|chough]]s and [[European shag|shag]]. Other bird species include [[razorbill]], [[Northern fulmar]], [[peregrine falcon]], [[black-legged kittiwake]], [[black guillemot]], and [[common murre]] (guillemot).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.npws.ie/sites/default/files/protected-sites/natura2000/NF000665.pdf | title=Helvick Head SAC | publisher=National Parks & Wildlife Service | date=January 2019 | accessdate=10 January 2021}}</ref>
Plants include [[Ulex europaeus|gorse]], [[Erica cinerea|bell heather]], [[Calluna|ling]], [[Succisa pratensis|devil's-bit scabious]], [[heath bedstraw]], [[Viola palustris|bog violet]], [[burnet rose]], [[Armeria maritima|thrift]], [[kidney vetch]], [[sea mayweed]] and [[wild carrot]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.askaboutireland.ie/enfo/irelands-environment/county-focus/waterford/coast/helvick-head/|title=Helvick Head|website=www.askaboutireland.ie}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JCodAQAAIAAJ&q=Helvick|title=The Irish Naturalists' Journal|date=8 February 1968|publisher=I.N.J. Committee.|via=Google Books}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Headlands of County Waterford]]