Overlooking Dingle harbour at Blackpoint in County Kerry, Ireland is the old Lough Tower, better known as Hussey’s Folly.

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Overlooking Dingle harbour at Blackpoint in County Kerry is the old Lough Tower, better known as Hussey’s Folly after the local land agent, Hussey; it was built during the Great Famine as a means of providing employment for the poor. This image of Hussey's Folly appears in "Irish Follies and Whimsical Architecture" by George Munday and published by O'Brien Press in Dublin.

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Size: 5246px × 3351px
Location: Blackpoint, Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland
Photo credit: © George Munday / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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