Slyne Head Lighthouse

Slyne Head Lighthouse
Location	County Galway, Ireland
Coordinates	53°24′00.2″N 10°14′01.6″W / 53.400056°N 10.233778°W
Tower
Constructed	1836
Construction	limestone tower
Automated	1990
Height	24 metres (79 ft)
Shape	cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings	black tower
Racon	T
Light
Focal height	35 metres (115 ft)
Range	19 nautical miles (35 km; 22 mi)
Characteristic	Fl (2)W 15s
Ireland no.	CIL-1990

Slyne Head Lighthouse (Irish: Ceann Léime) is located at the westernmost point of County Galway, about 12 kilometres (7 mi) southwest of Dunloughan, Ireland on the island of Illaunamid. It is maintained by Commissioners of Irish Lights (CIL). There were two lighthouses on this point built in 1836, but only the western one remains active.^[3]

References

^ Slyne Head Lighthouse Archived 8 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine Commissioners of the Irish Lights
^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Western Ireland (Ulster and Connacht)". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
^ Pelly, Frank. "William Douglass – Designer of Fastnet Lighthouse". Beam 33. Commissioners of Irish Lights. Archived from the original on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2010.

External links

Slyne Head Lighthouse in Lighthouse Digest's Lighthouse Explorer Database
photo by Jean Guichard
Commissioners of Irish Lights

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[1] Slyne Head Lighthouse Archived 8 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine Commissioners of the Irish Lights

[2] Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Western Ireland (Ulster and Connacht)". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 30 October 2015.

[3] Pelly, Frank. "William Douglass – Designer of Fastnet Lighthouse". Beam 33. Commissioners of Irish Lights. Archived from the original on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2010.

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County Waterford	Mine Head Ballinacourty Point Dunmore East
County Wexford	Duncannon Hook Head Tuskar Rock
County Wicklow	Wicklow Head
County Dublin	Muglins Poolbeg North Bull North Bank Kish Bank Baily Howth Harbour Rockabill
County Louth	Dundalk
County Down	Green Island Vidal Bank Haulbowline St. John's Point Angus Rock Donaghadee Mew Island
County Antrim	Blackhead Chaine Memorial The Maidens Rathlin East Rue Point Rathlin West
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