List of lighthouses in Ireland
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Template:GeoGroup 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.<ref name=north>Template:Cite rowlett</ref><ref name=east>Template:Cite rowlett</ref><ref name=southwest>Template:Cite rowlett</ref><ref name=west>Template:Cite rowlett</ref><ref name=ngall>Template:Cite ngall</ref>
Maintained by Commissioners of Irish LightsEdit
Maintained by other Irish marine authoritiesEdit
Template:GeoGroup A smaller number of active lighthouses are operated by other authorities, primarily the port and harbour companies located around the Irish coast.<ref name=north/><ref name=east/><ref name=southwest/><ref name=west/>
InactiveEdit
Template:GeoGroup Improvements and changes to the aids to navigation around the Irish coast, has meant that there are a number of lighthouses that have been decommissioned. This list includes those where the tower or structure is still in existence. Some of these have been reused, such as Ferris Point which is now a vessel control tower. Clare Island was turned into a guest house and the optic is on permanent rotating display at the World of Glass museum and visitor centre in North West England. The older Wicklow Head tower was refurbished by the Irish Landmark Trust as a holiday let.<ref name=north/><ref name=east/><ref name=southwest/><ref name=west/>
Name | Image | Location Coordinates |
County | Waterbody | Built | Inactive since |
Notes |
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Ballycurrin | File:Ballycurrin Lighthouse 292173.jpg | Headford Template:Coord |
Mayo | Lough Corrib | 1847 | Unknown | Unusual lakeshore light with external staircase.<ref name=west/> |
Blackrock Castle | File:Blackrock Castle - panoramio (7).jpg | Cork Template:Coord |
Cork | Cork Harbour | 1582 | 1903 | A light was shown from a window in the highest tower.<ref name=southwest/> |
Calf Rock | File:The Calf Rock Old Lighthouse.jpg | Dursey Island Template:Coord |
Cork | North Atlantic | 1866 | 1881 | The tower was badly damaged by a storm in 1881.<ref name=southwest/> |
Cape Clear | File:Cape Clear Island - Signal tower & old lighthouse (geograph 6008783).jpg | Cape Clear Island Template:Coord |
Cork | Celtic Sea | 1818 | 1854 | Deactivated after the original Fastnet lighthouse was completed.<ref name=southwest/> |
Clare Island | File:Clare Island - The Lighthouse entrance (geograph 5221188).jpg | Clare Island Template:Coord |
Mayo | Clew Bay | 1818 | 1965 | Refurbished as a guest house.<ref name=west/> |
Culmore Point | File:Culmore Point (geograph 5561699).jpg | Culmore Template:Coord |
Londonderry | River Foyle | 1920s | 2012 | White and green tower next to Culmore Fort. Replaced by a post light.<ref name=north/> |
Drogheda East | File:County Meath - Drogheda East Lighthouse - 20180901192903.jpg | Mornington Template:Coord |
Meath | River Boyne | 1880s | 2007 | One of three lights constructed to aid navigation along the Boyne and into the harbour at Drogheda.<ref name=east/> |
Drogheda North | File:Drogheda North Lighthouse.jpg | Mornington Template:Coord |
Meath | River Boyne | 1880s | 2000 | One of three lights constructed to aid navigation along the Boyne and into the harbour at Drogheda.<ref name=east/> |
Drogheda West | File:Lifeguard Observation Post? (7869887) (cropped).jpg | Mornington Template:Coord |
Meath | River Boyne | 1880s | 2000 | One of three lights constructed to aid navigation along the Boyne and into the harbour at Drogheda.<ref name=east/> |
Ferris Point | File:Ferris Point Light.jpg | Larne Template:Coord |
Antrim | Larne Lough | Unknown | 1994 | Now houses the control room for the Port of Larne.<ref name=north/> |
Greenore | File:Old lighthouse, Greenore harbour - geograph.org.uk - 174323.jpg | Greenore Template:Coord |
Louth | Carlingford Lough | 1830 | 1986 | Located on Carlingford Lough next to Greenore Port.<ref name=east/> |
Howth Harbour | File:Far del port de Howth.jpg | Howth Template:Coord |
Fingal | Irish Sea | 1818 | 1982 | Replaced by modern light nearby.<ref name=east/> |
Inishmore | File:Inishmore old lighthouse.jpg | Inishmore Template:Coord |
Galway | Galway Bay | 1818 | 1857 | The first lighthouse in the Aran Islands, built on the highest point of Inishmore.<ref name=west/> |
Inishowen East | File:Inishowen Lighthouse - geograph.org.uk - 51709.jpg | Inishowen Template:Coord |
Donegal | North Channel | 1837 | 1961 | Squat tower separate from the active West Inishowen Lighthouse.<ref name=west/> |
Kilcredaun Head | File:Kilcredaun Lighthouse (3195534180) (cropped).jpg | Carrigaholt Template:Coord |
Clare | Shannon Estuary | 1824 | 2011 | Positioned on a headland on the northern shore of the estuary.<ref name=southwest/> |
Mutton Island | File:Mutton Island, Galway (506186) (26324379932).jpg | Mutton Island Template:Coord |
Galway | Galway Bay | 1817 | 1977 | Replaced by the Galway Harbour lighthouse. Restored between 2005 and 2011.<ref name=west/> |
Skelling Michael (High) | Skelling Michael Template:Coord |
Kerry | North Atlantic | 1826 | 1870 | Built on a high ledge on the western flank of Skelling Michael.<ref name=southwest/> | |
South Rock (Kilwarlin) | File:South Rock Lighthouse.jpg | Kearney Template:Coord |
Down | North Channel | 1797 | 1877 | Considered to be the "oldest surviving waveswept lighthouse in Ireland".<ref name=north/> |
West Maidens | File:Ancien phare des Maidens.jpg | The Maidens Template:Coord |
Antrim | North Channel | 1829 | 1903 | Built at the same time as the East Maidens light.<ref name=north/> |
Wicklow Head High (1781) | File:The Rear Lighthouse, Wicklow Head - geograph.org.uk - 692427.jpg | Wicklow Head Template:Coord |
Wicklow | St George's Channel | 1781 | 1818 | Octagonal tower, renovated as a holiday let by the Irish Landmark Trust in 1996.<ref name=east/> |
Wicklow Head High (1818) | File:The Front Lighthouse, Wicklow Head. - geograph.org.uk - 692441.jpg | Wicklow Head Template:Coord |
Wicklow | St George's Channel | 1818 | 1865 | Round tower, built to complement the currently active low level light.<ref name=east/> |
OtherEdit
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
- Commissioners of Irish Lights map showing location of navigation aids maintained around the coast of Ireland (2014).
- lighthouses R Us
- Some 4,000 photographs of Irish lighthouses at Flickr
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