Proper noun
A coastal village in Fingal, County Dublin, Ireland.
A coastal locality in northern Tasmania, Australia.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgHe comes into the world God knows how, walks on the water, gets out of his grave and goes up off the Hill of Howth. What drivel is this? James Joyce
A way a lone a last a loved a long the riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs. James Joyce
Finnegans Wake opens with the words "riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs." Source: Internet
Lord Howth gave her a ring as pledge on the agreement. Source: Internet