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Sticking out like a sore thumb at Tuskar from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded November 2025
Double diaphragm, double diaphragm from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded June 2025
Bridging the Gap, Mizen Head Bridge from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded April 2025
To shine a light in the darkness from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded October 2024
You've heard about my capers when lenses I've to clean from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded July 2024
Is it Derek on the derrick, or Windy Wendy on the windlass? from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded November 2023
It's a long way from Mizen to Malin from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded November 2023
Heights are in feet above sea level from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded October 2023
Horse power from Campbell from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded September 2023
Lighthouse in a bog? from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded July 2023
The prize? A sticky bun with extra toffee!!! from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded July 2023
The gossoons on the pier from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded July 2023
The Lady and the Lighthouse from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded July 2023
Man of Steel from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded July 2023
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You've heard about my capers when lenses I've to clean
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- Swordscookie said:
- National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
- O Mac said:
- National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
- beachcomber australia said:
The Lady and the Lighthouse
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Suck Diesel said:
Better known as Crookhaven Lighthouse www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/20914...
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beachcomber australia said:
... Towards the west end of the peninsula is a terrace of houses built in 1907 as a coastguard station, now converted to private holiday accommodation; this replaced an earlier range of buildings erected in the early 19th century, when Crookhaven was a centre both for legitimate coastal shipping and for smuggling activity. ...
From - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Island_(Ireland)
I think it is Mary Poppins on the rocks; she breezed in with a change of the wind. -
Suck Diesel said:
via Ken Dowdall
The scaffolding surrounds a light keepers house, built 1896
www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/20914... -
beachcomber australia said:
... Every year keepers had to paint the lantern inside and out, the gallery, gates, iron fences, gutters and downpipes, oil tanks and flagstaffs. The annual whitewashing, cleaning out of “ashpits, cesspools, etc” was to be carried out as soon as possible after the 1st of April. The cottage also had to be maintained in ship-shape condition as unannounced inspections were regular as well as the annual Commissioners’ inspection. The keepers were provided with an allowance of eight tons of Scotch coal or seven tons of English coal every year. The keeper here could have expected to earn 3 shillings per day in 1905. ... From - crookhavenlighthouse.ie/about-crookhaven-lighthouse/
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Deirge Del said:
I'd be thinking the the lady should be destined for the Royal College of Surgeons, either to repair her bones or to put her under Bergin's microscope to see if she's been photoshopped! Although not clear to us there may be path which runs down the left of picture and even to the rocks below. In all events any woman living here would surely be confident of her way around.
To shine a light in the darkness
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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.
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National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
beachcomber australia Only mention of a hoist, so 1906-1907 looks good, thank you.
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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!