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To shine a light in the darkness

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 27 older comments, and then…
  • beachcomber australia said:
    A lot of history here - www.irishlights.ie/tourism/our-lighthouses/inishtearaght....
    This may help with dating -
    " ... An aerial hoist on the rock over the south landing was erected during 1906-07. Incandescent apparatus using vaporised paraffin burnt in a mantle replaced the multi-wick oil burner in March 1909.
    ... "
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia Only mention of a hoist, so 1906-1907 looks good, thank you.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    It looks like a fantastic but inhospitable place. In 2015 via William Glasgow Howe
    Click through to the large size to see the incline and platforms
  • Suck Diesel said:
    “Inishtearaght (Inis Tiaracht) is one of the Blasket Islands and is probably the only Irish lighthouse that ordinary Joe Soaps like you and me will never get a glimpse of. This is a shame because it is one of the great lighthouses of the south-west of Ireland. But alas, it is a long way out, the lighthouse is on the far side of the island and no boats go out that far.
    It is of course, Ireland's most westerly lighthouse”

    irishlighthouses.blogspot.com/search?q=Inish+tearaght
  • Suck Diesel said:

    It’s remote!

Is it Derek on the derrick, or Windy Wendy on the windlass?

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  • Foxglove said:
    with this they could catch a really really big fish... I have been looking at yesterday's photo, the sharpness, clarity of the image is incredible - the original negative, pre print pre scan must be amazing
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Looking SE to get those mountains in the background. Google 3D satellite - www.google.com/maps/place//@54.069183,-10.324061,140a,35y... Wiki lists more than its fair share of drama - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackrock_Island,_County_Mayo
  • beachcomber australia said:
    There are a couple of other photos showing the derrick and "N.E. landing place". The second one has a June 1910 date - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000741094 catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000740290
  • Niall McAuley said:
    3 Keepers in the 1901 census, John N. Moore with Alexander Murray and John J. Gillispie assisting. All relatively young men, no wives or children on this remote posting. Moore's wife Marie Anne and their 6 children were in a house near the lighthouse at Blacksod Point on the mainland.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    I don't see anything at buildingsofireland/NIAH, but the DIA says the lighthouse is from 1864.

The Milford hotel, a bijou experience in the making

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    I am seeing Milford ...
  • beachcomber australia said:
    ?? "The Royal Bar" - still standing but in need of some tlc - streetview - goo.gl/maps/hWBZryBc9viPeTCt8
  • Sharon Corbet said:
    beachcomber australia You can watch it slowly decay over the past 10 years by using the Streetview TimeTravel function.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Sharon Corbet Indeedy! SOMETIMES FLICKR IS AMAZING - who would have thunk it?! In 1909 via JamesTebay81 NB Licencee 'P. Gilligan' as half way up sign here.
  • George FitzPatrick said:
    Sharon Corbet beachcomber australia Great Scot Only 1.21 GigaWatts needed for that function.