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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 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 ...
The Lighthouse Loop reaches all the way to the Sheep's Head Lighthouse situated at the far west end of the peninsula. A Sheep's Head Way cycle trail also exists, and begins in Ballylickey, County Cork. It extends around the coastline of the Sheep's Head peninsula, and ends in Ballydehob.
Tuskar Rock (Irish: An Tuscar) [3] is a group of rocks topped by a lighthouse 11 kilometres (6.8 miles) off the southeast coast of County Wexford, Ireland. The rocks have probably destroyed more ships than any other Irish coastal feature. [4] [5] One hundred and seventy-six wrecks are listed for the Tuskar Rock area at Irish Wrecks Online. [6]
A vessel pays light dues when it first calls at a port in the UK or Ireland; thereafter it is exempt from further payments for one month. Each vessel is charged for a maximum of nine voyages per annum. Vessels calling in the UK and Republic of Ireland are required to pay the rate applicable at the port where they are first liable to pay light dues.
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.
Hook Lighthouse is one of the oldest lighthouses in Ireland. Signal fires to guide shipping have long existed. Hook Head has the oldest nearly continuous light in Ireland, originally a signal fire or beacon tended by the monk Dubhán in the fifth century. [1] Monks continued to maintain the light until the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1641.
sold to Scouting Association of Ireland now privately owned in Arklow Gannet 1954 Philip and Son: Dartmouth 134: 25: 15 Steel: Steel 95,200 still in service as an automatic light float Osprey 1955 Philip & Son: Dartmouth 134: 25: 15 Steel: Steel 98,100 1975 Sold Moored on the Seine, Paris as the Batofar Restaurant: Shearwater 1955 Philip & Son ...