Editing Howth (section)

==Location and access==
Howth is located on the [[peninsula]] of [[Howth Head]], which begins around {{convert|11|km|mi}} east-north-east of [[Dublin]]'s GPO, on the north side of [[Dublin Bay]]. The village itself is located just over {{convert|14|km|mi}} by road from Dublin city centre (the ninth of a series of eighteenth-century milestones from the [[Dublin General Post Office]] (GPO) is in the village itself).  The settlement spans much of the northern part of Howth Head, which was once an island but now is connected to the rest of Dublin via a narrow strip of land (a [[tombolo]]) at Sutton. Howth is located in the administrative county of [[Fingal]], within the traditional [[County Dublin]].  The village is bounded by the sea and undeveloped land except along two roads, one rising towards the Summit, one running at sea level near the coast, towards Sutton Cross.<ref name="OS_Map">{{cite book |title=Discover Map Series (1:10000), Map 50 |publisher=Ordnance Survey Ireland |location=Dublin, Ireland}}</ref>

Howth is at the end of a regional road ([[R105 road (Ireland)|R105]]) from Dublin.  One branch of the [[Dublin Area Rapid Transit|DART]] suburban rail system has its physical terminus by the harbour, the other northern terminus being [[Malahide]]'s station, which is actually on a through line for mainline rail towards Belfast.<ref name="OS_Map"/> Under the bus route network for Dublin overseen by the [[National Transport Authority (Ireland)|National Transport Authority]], [[Dublin Bus]] serves Howth with route H3, and the local route 290 which goes over the hill and through Sutton to Sutton DART station.<ref name="BusConn_Routes21">{{cite web |title=Local Area Maps - Sutton area (Howth, Sutton, Baldoyle, Kilbarrack) |url=https://busconnects.ie/media/1739/sutton-online-map-141019-fa.pdf |work=[[BusConnects]] |publisher=National Transport Authority |access-date=25 November 2021}}</ref> For decades prior to 2021, Howth was served by the 31 series of routes.<ref name="BusConn_OldRts">{{cite web |last1=Jarrett Walker and Associates |title=Existing Network Map |url=https://busconnects.ie/media/1765/main-maps-existing-a0.pdf |website=Bus Connects |publisher=National Transport Authority |access-date=25 November 2021}}</ref>  There was previously also a [[Hill of Howth Tramway|tram]] service.

Howth, in addition to its fishery harbour, hosts a substantial marina,<ref name="DAFM_HwthFHC">{{cite web |title=Howth Fishery Harbour Centre |url=https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/be00f-fishery-harbours/#howth-fishery-harbour-centre |website=Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine |access-date=25 November 2021}}</ref> and seasonal boat service to the uninhabited [[Ireland's Eye]].  Howth is also a waypoint for aircraft approaching [[Dublin Airport]].