Cheekpoint is also surrounded by the Malting Woods which were planted by Cornelius Bolton.

Toponymy

The Irish name for Cheekpoint is Pointe na Síge or perhaps Pointe na Sí (in English: point of the fairies). It is also claimed to mean "point of the streak". Now it is thought that the name comes from a rock called Carraig na Síge out on the river near the low water mark which shows a trail of foam or streak with the ebbing tide.

Industry

Before the building of the pier at Dunmore East,

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