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Nearest Town or City:	Tacumshane Ireland
Location:	St. George's Channel, seven miles from southeastern tip of Ireland.
Managing Organization:	Commissioners of Irish Lights
Website:	http://www.cil.ie/flat_areaEQLlighthouse sAMPLighthouseIDEQL9_entry.html
Notes:	During the four-year construction of this lighthouse, ten workmen were washed off the rock during a violent storm and another man fell 72 feet to his death. This was the third offshore Irish lighthouse to be electrified (in 1938).
Tower Height:	116
Description Tower:	Conical granite tower.
Operational:	Yes
Date Established:	1815
Date Present Tower Built:	1815
Current Use:	Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public:	No.
Characteristic Range:	Two quick white flashes every 7.5 seconds, exhibited by day and by night; nominal range 24 nautical miles.
Date Automated:	1993
Height Focal Plane:	108
National Register:	No
Keepers:	M. Wisheart (c. 1821), C. Hunter (assistant, c. 1821)
Email:	info@cil.ie
Country:	Ireland
Signal:	Automated horn, 4 blasts every 45 seconds.

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