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Managing Organization:
Commissioners of Irish Lights
Website: http://cil2.adnet.ie/index.php3?LighthouseID=19
Email:
Contact Address Information:
16 Lower Pembroke Street
Dublin 2
, Ireland
Notes:
This was the last Irish lighthouse to be automated. There have been lighthouses in the vicinity since 1668. Baily Lighthouse was the site of an early experiment with gas light in 1865.
Tower Height: 43
Height of Focal Plane: 134
Characteristic and Range: Fl W 15s. Exhibited by day in poor visibility; Nominal range 27 nautical miles.
Description of Tower: Conical granite tower.
This light is operational
Date Established: 1814
Date Present Tower Built: 1814
Date Automated: 1997
Fog Signal: 1853: fog bell, 1867: reed horn operated by compressed air, 1879: fog siren, 1926: diaphone horn. Now discontinued.
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? No.
Keepers: Kevin Murphy (1956-1967), Donal Sullivan (assistant, c. 1995), John Crowley (c. 1995), Brendan Carty (c. 1997)
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