# Helvick

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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](/source/headland) on the southern end of [Dungarvan](/source/Dungarvan) Harbour, [Ireland](/source/Ireland); it is the eastern tip of the [Ring Peninsula](/source/Ring%2C_County_Waterford).<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](/source/Old_Red_Sandstone), it is the easternmost protrusion of a ridge that begins near [Cork City](/source/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](/source/Royal_National_Lifeboat_Institution) station]]

==Name==
Helvick is one of a very few [Irish place names](/source/Irish_place_names) derived from [Old Norse](/source/Old_Norse). The second part, -''vík'', means "bay" (cf. [Smerwick](/source/Smerwick)). The meaning of the first part is unclear, but it may mean "healthy", "white", "holy", or "safe"; compare with [Hellvik](/source/Hellvik), [Norway](/source/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](/source/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 [chough](/source/Red-billed_chough)s and [shag](/source/European_shag). Other bird species include [razorbill](/source/razorbill), [Northern fulmar](/source/Northern_fulmar), [peregrine falcon](/source/peregrine_falcon), [black-legged kittiwake](/source/black-legged_kittiwake), [black guillemot](/source/black_guillemot), and [common murre](/source/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 [gorse](/source/Ulex_europaeus), [bell heather](/source/Erica_cinerea), [ling](/source/Calluna), [devil's-bit scabious](/source/Succisa_pratensis), [heath bedstraw](/source/heath_bedstraw), [bog violet](/source/Viola_palustris), [burnet rose](/source/burnet_rose), [thrift](/source/Armeria_maritima), [kidney vetch](/source/kidney_vetch), [sea mayweed](/source/sea_mayweed) and [wild carrot](/source/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>

==Lifeboat station==
{{main|Helvick Head Lifeboat Station}}
The [Royal National Lifeboat Institution](/source/Royal_National_Lifeboat_Institution) opened a lifeboat station at Dungarvan in 1859. It was moved to Crow's Point at Helvick in 1899. The station was closed in 1969 but a new inshore lifeboat station was established in 1997. The lifeboat was housed in temporary accommodation until the permanent facilities were ready in 1999.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Leonard |first1=Richie |last2=Denton |first2=Tony |title=Lifeboat Enthusiasts Handbook 2024|date=2024 |publisher=Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society |page=111}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title =Helvick Head's station history | website = RNLI | url =https://rnli.org/find-my-nearest/lifeboat-stations/helvick-head-lifeboat-station/station-history-helvick-head |access-date = 8 December 2024}}</ref>

==References==
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Category:Headlands of County Waterford

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