Pete's Irish Lighthouses

Located at the end of the South Pier of Arklow harbour, which has been very ineffectively barricaded off by low railings. Rusting and graffiti ridden, this is located on the concrete pier head, which is also ineffectively barricaded off from the lower level.

Moored on the North Quay in Arklow, this is starting to look a sorry sight with a lot of rust prevalent. The site is open, with yellow stickers on the side of the boat warning people to Keep Out.

Okay, not the complete Lightship Albatross but the light tower and lantern, which seems to be enclosed in the grounds of a new plush waterside apartment block. The rest of the boat is apparently in Pigeon House Harbour in Dublin. I tried to find it but despite numerous enquiries, nobody on Pigeon House Road seemed to know where Pigeon House Harbour was.

The active lighthouse is cut into the cliff, not really visible until you walk around the headland from the other lights. Steps - with a chain across them - lead down to the complex which appears to consist of whitewashed cottages and offices

Closer to the sea than its taller neighbour, this light lasted till 1865 till the fog problem made it useless. Reached by a winding path from the top lighthouse.

The oldest of the three lighthouses on Wicklow Head, apparently, like its nearest neighbour, built too high up on the cliff and liable to be enveloped by fog! According to locals, this octagonal tower is now split up into holiday apartments, presumably one on each floor. Reached by a private road (with the obligatory Private Property, Do not enter or you will be shot notices on the gate)

Not exactly sure why this is called the East Pier. Wicklow is on a north-south coastline, so I reckon this light is on the South Pier. These pictures taken from the end of the North (West) Pier. Pier not very long.