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The Blackhead Path was built by the Victorians in 1892, partly funded by the railway company, to attract day trippers and holiday makers to Whitehead which was at the time a growing tourist destination and resort. Wise also built a new path Blackhead Path along the coast from Whitehead to the lighthouse at Blackhead, overlooking the town, in ...
One of the county's best known landmarks, and rising over 40 meters above the rocky shore, St. John's point lighthouse is listed as one of twelve the "Great Lighthouses of Ireland" by the Commissioners of Irish Lights, who operate it as one of the 65 active lighthouses on the Irish coast. [17]
This is a list of lighthouses in Ireland. The Commissioners of Irish Lights are responsible for the majority of marine navigation aids around the island though a small number are maintained by local harbour authorities. The main list identifies those lighthouses in a clockwise direction starting with Crookhaven lighthouse, County Cork. [1] [2 ...
The lighthouse is accessible by a narrow private road (only accessible by foot for the general public) about 4 km north-east of Whitehead, and also by foot along the Blackhead Path from the town. This walkway was developed by Berkeley Deane Wise , to help attract tourists to the town, and loops around the headland requiring bridges and two tunnels.
The path from the Saddle to the summit is known as the Way of the Christ, a nomenclature that reflects the danger presented to climbers. [13] Notable features on this stretch include the Needle's Eye peak, [ 14 ] a stone chimney 150 metres (490 ft) above sea level, [ 15 ] and a series of 14 stone crosses with names such as the "Rock of the ...
Old Maidens Lighthouse. The Maidens (Irish: Na Maighdeanacha [1]) or Hulin Rocks (Irish: Na Faoilinn, meaning 'the seagulls [2] ') are two islets and several skerries in the North Channel off County Antrim in Northern Ireland. The Eastern Maiden or Southern Rock lies about 9 km from the coast at Ballygalley, [3] or 13 miles from Larne. [4]
The Gobbins cliff path was created by an Irish railway engineer called Berkeley Deane Wise. He designed and built the path as a tourist attraction for the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway Company. The path first opened to the public in 1902, [6] with visitors paying 6d [7] to enjoy a 'perfect marvel of engineering'. [8]
The Sheep's Head lighthouse was originally built to aid in the navigation of the tankers servicing the then-new Gulf Oil terminal on Whiddy Island, [2] [6] with the first tanker to avail of the aid being the 312,000 t (307,000 long tons; 344,000 short tons) Universe Ireland, then the largest ship in the world, arriving from Kuwait on October 29 ...