This is actually the first lighthouse that you see when coming into Rosses Point but probably viewed best from the coastal path at the head of Rosses Point, from where the Metal Man is best seen. To me, it looks remarkably similar to the Baily Lighthouse in Howth.
Erected in 1821, the same year as the Metal Man, the lights in both lighthouses were changed from gas-powered to solar in 2003.A brilliant description of life in Oyster Island lighthouse in the 1930s can be found on the Coomissioner for Irish Lights website at http://www.cil.ie/sh621x4185.html
2 comments:
Great stuff as usual. I enjoy your blog and used it to help plan out my visits to a few Dublin area lighthouses during a visit in May. Thanks.
Hi Neal,
Glad I was of some use! I've been checking out your own blog - you have some beauties on it. Particularly like Hearts Content - great name, great colour scheme!
Pete
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