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Managing Organization:
Commissoners of Irish Lights
Website: http://cil2.adnet.ie/?LighthouseID=9
Email:
Contact Address Information:
16 Lower Pembroke Street
Dublin
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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 first offshore Irish lighthouse to be automed (in 1938).
Tower Height: 116
Height of Focal Plane: 108
Characteristic and Range: Q (2) W 7.5s. 2 quick white flashes every 7.5 seconds, exhibited by day and by night; nominal range 24 nautical miles.
Description of Tower: Conical granite tower.
This light is operational
Date Established: 1815
Date Present Tower Built: 1815
Date Automated: 1993
Fog Signal: Automated horn, 4 blasts every 45 seconds.
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? No.
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