Robert's head is a very stunning viewpoint with a lookout post about 2 kilometres from Robert's Cove beach. There is parking for a few cars on the left hand side of the road just at the start of the walk. The trail goes along next to the cliffs but is completely safe, at the end it is slightly steep by the edge so any dog walkers might want to put your furry friends on the lead.
A few metres down from the lookout post, there is a beautiful stone compass with the last lines of Yeats' poem, the full poem is attached below:
The Song of Wandering Aengus
I went out to the hazel wood,
Because a fire was in my head,
And cut and peeled a hazel wand,
And hooked a berry to a thread;
And when white moths were on the wing,
And moth-like stars were flickering out,
I dropped the berry in a stream
And caught a little silver trout.
When I had laid it on the floor
I went to blow the fire a-flame,
But something rustled on the floor,
And someone called me by my name:
It had become a glimmering girl
With apple blossom in her hair
Who called me by my name and ran
And faded through the brightening air.
Though I am old with wandering
Through hollow lands and hilly lands,
I will find out where she has gone,
And kiss her lips and take her hands;
And walk among long dappled grass,
And pluck till time and times are done,
The silver apples of the moon,
The golden apples of the sun.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS