List of lighthouses in Ireland

This is a list of lighthouses in Ireland. The Commissioners of Irish Lights are responsible for the majority of marine navigation aids around the island though a small number are maintained by local harbour authorities. The main list identifies those lighthouses in a clockwise direction starting with Crookhaven lighthouse, County Cork.

Maintained by Commissioners of Irish Lights

Name	Image	Location Coordinates	County	Water body	Year built	Tower height	Focal height	Range
Crookhaven Lighthouse		Crookhaven	Cork	Celtic Sea	1843
Mizen Head Lighthouse		Mizen Head	Cork	Celtic Sea	1959
Roancarrigmore Lighthouse		Roancarrigmore Island	Cork	Bantry Bay	1847
Castletownbere Light		Castletownbere	Cork	Bantry Bay	1965
Ardnakinna Lighthouse		Bere Island	Cork	Bantry Bay	1850/1965
Sheep's Head Lighthouse		Sheep's Head	Cork	Bantry Bay	1968
Bull Rock Lighthouse		Bull Rock	Cork	North Atlantic	1889
Skelligs Lighthouse		Skellig Michael	Kerry	North Atlantic	1826/1967
Valentia Light		Valentia Island	Kerry	North Atlantic	1913
Cromwell Point Lighthouse		Valentia Island	Kerry	North Atlantic	1841
Inishtearaght Lighthouse		Tearaght Island	Kerry	North Atlantic	1870
Little Samphire Island Lighthouse		Fenit	Kerry	Tralee Bay	1854
Inis Cathaig Lighthouse		Scattery Island	Clare	Shannon	1872
Corlis Point rear leading light		Carrigaholt	Clare	Shannon	1998
Corlis Point front leading light		Carrigaholt	Clare	Shannon	1998
Loop Head		Loop Head	Clare	North Atlantic	1854
Inisheer Lighthouse		Inisheer	Galway	North Atlantic	1857
Black Head Lighthouse, County Clare		Fanore	Clare	Galway Bay	1936
Cashla Bay Lighthouse		Casla	Galway	Galway Bay	1984
Straw Island Lighthouse		Aran Islands	Galway	North Atlantic	1878
Eeragh Lighthouse		Aran Islands	Galway	North Atlantic	1857
Slyne Head Lighthouse		Slyne Head lighthouse	Galway	North Atlantic	1836
Inishgort Lighthouse		Clew Bay	Mayo	Clew Bay	1827
Achillbeg Lighthouse		Achillbeg	Mayo	Clew Bay	1965
Blacksod Lighthouse		Blacksod Bay	Mayo	North Atlantic	1864
Blackrock Mayo Lighthouse		Blacksod Bay	Mayo	North Atlantic	1864
Eagle Island lighthouse		Eagle Island	Mayo	North Atlantic	1835
Broadhaven Lighthouse		Broadhaven Bay	Mayo	North Atlantic	1848
Oyster Island Lighthouse		Rosses Point	Sligo	Sligo Bay	1837/1893
[Metal Man (beacon)\|Metal Man County Sligo\|Sligo Lighthouse]		Rosses Point	Sligo	Sligo Bay	1821
Lower Rosses Lighthouse		Rosses Point	Sligo	Sligo Bay	1908
Blackrock Sligo Lighthouse		Sligo Bay	Sligo	Sligo Bay	1835
Rotten Island lighthouse		Rotten Island	Donegal	Donegal Bay	1838
St John's Point Lighthouse, County Donegal		Dunkineely	Donegal	Donegal Bay	1831
Rathlin O'Birne Lighthouse		Glencolmcille	Donegal	North Atlantic	1856
Ballagh Rocks Lighthouse		Arranmore	Donegal	North Atlantic	1982
Arranmore Lighthouse		Arranmore	Donegal	North Atlantic	1798/1865
Tory Island Lighthouse		Tory Island	Donegal	North Atlantic	1832
Buncrana Light		Buncrana	Donegal	Lough Swilly	1876/2009
Dunree Lighthouse		Dunree	Donegal	Lough Swilly	1876
Fanad Head Lighthouse		Fanad	Donegal	North Atlantic	1817/1886
Inishtrahull Lighthouse		Inishtrahull Island	Donegal	North Atlantic	1812/1958
Inishowen Lighthouse		Inishowen	Donegal	North Atlantic	1837
Rathlin West Lighthouse		Rathlin Island	Antrim	North Channel	1917
Rathlin East Lighthouse		Rathlin Island	Antrim	North Channel	1856
Rue Point Lighthouse		Rathlin Island	Antrim	North Channel	1915/1921
Maidens Lighthouse		The Maidens	Antrim	North Channel	1829
Blackhead Lighthouse, County Antrim		Whitehead	Antrim	North Channel	1902
Mew Island Lighthouse		Mew Island	Down	North Channel	1884
Donaghadee Lighthouse		Donaghadee	Down	North Channel	1836
Angus Rock Lighthouse		Strangford Lough	Down	Strangford Lough	1983
St John's Point Lighthouse, County Down		Killough	Down	Irish Sea	1844/1893
Green Island Leading Light		Carlingford Lough	Down	Carlingford Lough	1873
Vidal Bank Leading Light		Carlingford Lough	Down	Carlingford Lough	1873
Haulbowline Lighthouse		Carlingford Lough	Down	Irish Sea	1824
Dundalk Lighthouse		Dundalk	Louth	Irish Sea	1855
Rockabill Lighthouse		Rockabill	Dublin	Irish Sea	1860
Baily Lighthouse		Howth Head	Dublin	Dublin Bay	1814
Dún Laoghaire West Lighthouse		Dún Laoghaire	Dublin	Dublin Bay	1852
Dún Laoghaire East Lighthouse		Dún Laoghaire	Dublin	Dublin Bay	1847
Muglins Lighthouse		Dalkey Island	Dublin	Dublin Bay	1906
Kish Lighthouse		Kish Bank	Dublin	Dublin Bay	1965
Wicklow Head Lighthouse		Wicklow Head	Wicklow	St George's Channel	1781/1818
Tuskar Rock Lighthouse		Tuskar Rock	Wexford	St George's Channel	1815
Dunmore East Lighthouse		Dunmore East	Waterford	Celtic Sea	1825
Hook Lighthouse		Hook Head	Wexford	Celtic Sea	1172
Ballinacourty Point Lighthouse		Dungarvan	Waterford	Celtic Sea	1858
Mine Head Lighthouse		Mine Head	Waterford	Celtic Sea	1851
Ballycotton lighthouse		Ballycotton	Cork	Celtic Sea	1851
Roche's Point Lighthouse		Cork Harbour	Cork	Cork Harbour	1817/1835
Charlesfort Lighthouse		Charlesfort	Cork	Kinsale Harbour	Unknown
Old Head of Kinsale Lighthouse		Old Head of Kinsale	Cork	Celtic Sea	1665/1853
Galley Head Lighthouse		Galley Head	Cork	Celtic Sea	1878
Copper Point Lighthouse		Long Island	Cork	Celtic Sea	1864
Fastnet Lighthouse		Fastnet Rock	Cork	Celtic Sea	1854/1904

Maintained by other Irish marine authorities

A smaller number of active lighthouses are operated by other authorities, primarily the port and harbour companies located around the Irish coast.

Name	Image	Location Coordinates	County	Waterbody	Built	Tower Height	Focal Height	Operated by
Aleria		Drogheda	Louth	Irish Sea	1936			Drogheda Port Company
Ardglass Pier		Ardglass	Down	Ardglass Harbour	1885			Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority
Balbriggan		Balbriggan	Fingal	Irish Sea	1769			Dublin Port Company
Ballynagard		River Foyle	Londonderry	River Foyle	Unknown			Londonderry Port
Barrack Point		Sherkin Island	Cork	Baltimore Harbour	1885			Cork County Council
Beeves Rock		Shannon Estuary	Clare	Shannon Estuary	1855			Shannon Foynes Port Company
Chaine Memorial		Larne	Antrim	North Channel	1899			Larne Harbour
Dingle Harbour		Dingle	Kerry	Dingle Harbour	1885			Dingle Fishery Harbour Centre
Duncannon Fort		Duncannon Fort	Wexford	Waterford Harbour	Unknown			Port of Waterford Company
Duncannon North		Duncannon	Wexford	Waterford Harbour	1838			Port of Waterford Company
Galway Harbour		Galway Harbour	Galway	Galway Bay	1977			Galway Harbour Company
Howth Harbour		Howth	Fingal	Irish Sea	1982			Dublin Port Company
Moville		Moville	Donegal	Lough Foyle	1882			Londonderry Port
North Bank		Dublin Port	Dublin	River Liffey	1882			Dublin Port Company
North Bull		North Bull Island	Dublin	Dublin Bay	1880			Dublin Port Company
North Wall Quay		Dublin Port	Dublin	River Liffey	1904			Dublin Port Company
Poolbeg		Poolbeg	Dublin	Dublin Bay	1820			Dublin Port Company
Rosslare Harbour		Rosslare Europort	Wexford	St Georges Channel	1906			Rosslare Europort
Spillane's Tower		Limerick	Limerick	River Shannon	1885			Shannon Foynes Port Company
Spit Bank		Cobh	Cork	Cork Harbour	1853			Port of Cork Company
Tarbert Island		Tarbet	Kerry	River Shannon	1834			Shannon Foynes Port Company
Warren Point		Greencastle	Donegal	Lough Foyle	1861			Londonderry Port
Wicklow East Pier		Wicklow	Wicklow	Irish Sea	1884			Wicklow Port Company
Youghal Lighthouse		Youghal	Cork	Celtic Sea	1852			Cork County Council

Inactive

Improvements and changes to the aids to navigation around the Irish coast, has meant that there are a number of lighthouses that have been decommissioned. This list includes those where the tower or structure is still in existence. Some of these have been reused, such as Ferris Point which is now a vessel control tower. Clare Island was turned into a guest house and the optic is on permanent rotating display at the World of Glass museum and visitor centre in North West England. The older Wicklow Head tower was refurbished by the Irish Landmark Trust as a holiday let.

Name	Image	Location Coordinates	County	Waterbody	Built	Inactive since	Notes
Ballycurrin		Headford	Mayo	Lough Corrib	1847	Unknown	Unusual lakeshore light with external staircase.
Blackrock Castle		Cork	Cork	Cork Harbour	1582	1903	A light was shown from a window in the highest tower.
Calf Rock		Dursey Island	Cork	North Atlantic	1866	1881	The tower was badly damaged by a storm in 1881.
Cape Clear		Cape Clear Island	Cork	Celtic Sea	1818	1854	Deactivated after the original Fastnet lighthouse was completed.
Clare Island		Clare Island	Mayo	Clew Bay	1818	1965	Refurbished as a guest house.
Culmore Point		Culmore	Londonderry	River Foyle	1920s	2012	White and green tower next to Culmore Fort. Replaced by a post light.
Drogheda East		Mornington	Meath	River Boyne	1880s	2007	One of three lights constructed to aid navigation along the Boyne and into the harbour at Drogheda.
Drogheda North		Mornington	Meath	River Boyne	1880s	2000	One of three lights constructed to aid navigation along the Boyne and into the harbour at Drogheda.
Drogheda West		Mornington	Meath	River Boyne	1880s	2000	One of three lights constructed to aid navigation along the Boyne and into the harbour at Drogheda.
Ferris Point		Larne	Antrim	Larne Lough	Unknown	1994	Now houses the control room for the Port of Larne.
Greenore		Greenore	Louth	Carlingford Lough	1830	1986	Located on Carlingford Lough next to Greenore Port.
Howth Harbour		Howth	Fingal	Irish Sea	1818	1982	Replaced by modern light nearby.
Inishmore		Inishmore	Galway	Galway Bay	1818	1857	The first lighthouse in the Aran Islands, built on the highest point of Inishmore.
Inishowen East		Inishowen	Donegal	North Channel	1837	1961	Squat tower separate from the active West Inishowen Lighthouse.
Kilcredaun Head		Carrigaholt	Clare	Shannon Estuary	1824	2011	Positioned on a headland on the northern shore of the estuary.
Mutton Island		Mutton Island	Galway	Galway Bay	1817	1977	Replaced by the Galway Harbour lighthouse. Restored between 2005 and 2011.
Skelling Michael		Skelling Michael	Kerry	North Atlantic	1826	1870	Built on a high ledge on the western flank of Skelling Michael.
South Rock		Kearney	Down	North Channel	1797	1877	Considered to be the "oldest surviving waveswept lighthouse in Ireland".
West Maidens		The Maidens	Antrim	North Channel	1829	1903	Built at the same time as the East Maidens light.
Wicklow Head High		Wicklow Head	Wicklow	St George's Channel	1781	1818	Octagonal tower, renovated as a holiday let by the Irish Landmark Trust in 1996.
Wicklow Head High		Wicklow Head	Wicklow	St George's Channel	1818	1865	Round tower, built to complement the currently active low level light.

Other

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