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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
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
Early mobile phones but no Social Media from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded March 2023
For those in peril on the sea from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded December 2022

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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!

Lighthouse in a bog?

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beachcomber australia said:
* * N E W S F L A S H * *

Ball at Rugby Club !
beachcomber australia said:
Wondering if this might not be one of Mr Ball's photos? The children in these related(?) photos look much more recent than 1909 ...
catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000741179 (needs flip)
catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000741173
catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000741172
catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000741175
Wendy: said:
but that is the Wanderers RFC pavilion!!! Also on the Lansdowne road grounds
National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
beachcomber australia Funny!!
Niall McAuley said:
Wendy: Indeed, it even says WANDERERS FOOTBALL CLUB over the door.

Let there be light!

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beachcomber australia said:
Rue Point (right) - www.irishlights.ie/tourism/our-lighthouses/rue-point.aspx www.google.com/maps/place/Rue+Point+Lighthouse/@55.259192... Straw Island (left) - www.irishlights.ie/tourism/our-lighthouses/straw-island.aspx www.google.com/maps/place/Straw+Island+Light+House/@53.11...
Niall McAuley said:
I wonder where the workshop was. Wikipedia says: Irish Lights has moved its headquarters from Dublin to a purpose-built new building in Harbour Road, Dún Laoghaire., and this would be recent.
Niall McAuley said:
Wed Jun 14 2006 - 01:00 Redevelopment Site: A Dublin developer has emerged as the "preferred bidder" for the Irish Lights building at 16 Lower Pembroke Street, Dublin 2.
Niall McAuley said:
Hmm, that building does not look old enough for this shot: 2009 streetview
Deirge Del said:
beachcomber australia Losely speaking Rue Point is on Rathlin Island, broadly 5km north'ish from Ballycastle which seems to have a 9km ferry route to to the port on the Island which is some distance from the light. The Historic Environment Map Viewer for NI Dept4Communities gives a listed buildings id of HB05/16/022 (as does Wikidata) and grade B1. The viewer also gives a reference IHR 03711:000:00 some 50m to the west but I'm unclear if that was an earlier build or a data/precision anomaly). Straw Island is part of the Aran Islands off Galway and the lighthouse is given Irish National Inventory of Architectural Heritage ID 30411125 and located here on the Ireland Historical Monument viewer The photo was likely taken in the Dún Laoghaire workshops.