List of lighthouses in Ireland

Fanad lighthouse

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

• Crookhaven lighthouse - 51.477°N 9.705°W / 51.477; -9.705
• Mizen Head lighthouse - 51.45°N 9.82°W / 51.45; -9.82
• Roancarrigmore lighthouse - 51.653°N 9.747°W / 51.653; -9.747
• Castletownbere Dir. Light lighthouse - 51.647°N 9.905°W / 51.647; -9.905
• Ardnakinna Point lighthouse - 51.618°N 9.918°W / 51.618; -9.918
• Sheep's Head lighthouse - 51.543°N 9.849°W / 51.543; -9.849
• Bull Rock lighthouse - 51.592°N 10.301°W / 51.592; -10.301
• Skelligs lighthouse - 51.768°N 10.542°W / 51.768; -10.542
• Valentia, rear leading light - 51.924°N 10.306°W / 51.924; -10.306
• Valentia Dir. front leading light - 51.925°N 10.307°W / 51.925; -10.307
• Cromwell Point lighthouse - 51.934°N 10.321°W / 51.934; -10.321
• Inishtearaght lighthouse - 52.076°N 10.661°W / 52.076; -10.661
• Little Samphire Island lighthouse - 52.271°N 9.882°W / 52.271; -9.882
• Scattery Island lighthouse - 52.606°N 9.518°W / 52.606; -9.518
• Corlis Point rear (Querrin Quay) leading light - 52.628°N 9.589°W / 52.628; -9.589
• Corlis Point front leading light - 52.618°N 9.606°W / 52.618; -9.606
• Kilcredaun Head lighthouse - 52.58°N 9.71°W / 52.58; -9.71
• Loophead lighthouse - 52.561°N 9.932°W / 52.561; -9.932
• Inisheer lighthouse - 53.047°N 9.527°W / 53.047; -9.527
• Black Head lighthouse, County Clare - 53.154°N 9.264°W / 53.154; -9.264
• Cashla Bay Dir. Light lighthouse - 53.264°N 9.566°W / 53.264; -9.566
• Straw Island lighthouse - 53.118°N 9.631°W / 53.118; -9.631
• Eeragh lighthouse - 53.148°N 9.857°W / 53.148; -9.857
• Slyne Head lighthouse - 53.4°N 10.234°W / 53.4; -10.234
• Inishgort lighthouse - 53.827°N 9.671°W / 53.827; -9.671
• Achillbeg lighthouse - 53.858°N 9.947°W / 53.858; -9.947
• Blacksod lighthouse - 54.099°N 10.06°W / 54.099; -10.06
• Blackrock Mayo lighthouse - 54.068°N 10.321°W / 54.068; -10.321
• Eagle Island lighthouse - 54.284°N 10.093°W / 54.284; -10.093
• Broadhaven lighthouse - 54.268°N 9.889°W / 54.268; -9.889
• Oyster Island lighthouse - 54.302°N 8.571°W / 54.302; -8.571
• Metal Man Sligo lighthouse - 54.304°N 8.576°W / 54.304; -8.576
• Lower Rosses lighthouse - 54.329°N 8.573°W / 54.329; -8.573
• Blackrock Sligo lighthouse - 54.308°N 8.618°W / 54.308; -8.618
• Rotten Island lighthouse - 54.615°N 8.441°W / 54.615; -8.441
• St John's Point, Donegal lighthouse - 54.569°N 8.461°W / 54.569; -8.461
• Rathlin O'Birne lighthouse - 54.664°N 8.833°W / 54.664; -8.833
• Ballagh Rocks lighthouse - 54.999°N 8.481°W / 54.999; -8.481
• Arranmore lighthouse - 55.015°N 8.561°W / 55.015; -8.561
• Tory Island lighthouse - 55.273°N 8.249°W / 55.273; -8.249
• Buncrana lighthouse - 55.127°N 7.465°W / 55.127; -7.465
• Dunree lighthouse - 55.198°N 7.554°W / 55.198; -7.554
• Fanad Head lighthouse - 55.276°N 7.632°W / 55.276; -7.632
• Inishtrahull lighthouse - 55.431°N 7.244°W / 55.431; -7.244
• Inishowen lighthouse - 55.226°N 6.929°W / 55.226; -6.929
• Rathlin West lighthouse - 55.301°N 6.281°W / 55.301; -6.281
• Rathlin East (Altacarry Head) lighthouse - 55.302°N 6.172°W / 55.302; -6.172
• Rue Point lighthouse - 55.259°N 6.191°W / 55.259; -6.191
• Maidens lighthouse - 54.929°N 5.728°W / 54.929; -5.728
• Chaine Memorial - 54.855°N 5.798°W / 54.855; -5.798
• Ferris Point lighthouse - 54.855°N 5.799°W / 54.855; -5.799
• Blackhead lighthouse, County Antrim - 54.767°N 5.689°W / 54.767; -5.689
• Mew Island lighthouse - 54.699°N 5.514°W / 54.699; -5.514
• Donaghadee lighthouse - 54.645°N 5.531°W / 54.645; -5.531
• Angus Rock lighthouse - 54.331°N 5.525°W / 54.331; -5.525
• St John's Point lighthouse, County Down - 54.227°N 5.66°W / 54.227; -5.66
• Green Island Leading Lt - 54.033°N 6.096°W / 54.033; -6.096
• Vidal Bank Leading Lt - 54.03°N 6.091°W / 54.03; -6.091
• Haulbowline lighthouse, Carlingford Lough, County Down - 54.02°N 6.079°W / 54.02; -6.079
• Dundalk lighthouse - 53.976°N 6.295°W / 53.976; -6.295
• Rockabill lighthouse - 53.597°N 6.005°W / 53.597; -6.005
• Howth lighthouse - 53.394°N 6.067°W / 53.394; -6.067
• Baily lighthouse - 53.362°N 6.053°W / 53.362; -6.053
• Dun Laoghaire west lighthouse - 53.303°N 6.131°W / 53.303; -6.131
• Dun Laoghaire east lighthouse - 53.303°N 6.127°W / 53.303; -6.127
• Muglins lighthouse - 53.275°N 6.076°W / 53.275; -6.076
• Kish lighthouse - 53.311°N 5.926°W / 53.311; -5.926
• Wicklow Head lighthouse - 52.966°N 5.998°W / 52.966; -5.998
• Tuskar Rock lighthouse - 52.203°N 6.207°W / 52.203; -6.207
• Dunmore East lighthouse - 52.149°N 6.99°W / 52.149; -6.99
• Hook Point lighthouse - 52.124°N 6.93°W / 52.124; -6.93
• Ballinacourty Point lighthouse - 52.078°N 7.553°W / 52.078; -7.553
• Mine Head lighthouse - 51.993°N 7.587°W / 51.993; -7.587
• Youghal lighthouse - 51.943°N 7.842°W / 51.943; -7.842
• Ballycotton lighthouse - 51.825°N 7.986°W / 51.825; -7.986
• Roches Point lighthouse - 51.793°N 8.255°W / 51.793; -8.255
• Charlesfort lighthouse - 51.696°N 8.5°W / 51.696; -8.5
• Old Head of Kinsale lighthouse - 51.605°N 8.534°W / 51.605; -8.534
• Galley Head lighthouse - 51.53°N 8.954°W / 51.53; -8.954
• Copper Point lighthouse - 51.504°N 9.534°W / 51.504; -9.534
• Fastnet lighthouse - 51.389°N 9.603°W / 51.389; -9.603

Maintained by other Irish marine authorities

Dingle Harbour Commissioners

• Dingle Harbour Light

Drogheda Port Company

• Aleria Lighthouse

Dublin Port Company

• Balbriggan Lighthouse
• Howth Harbour Lighthouse (the new beacon at the end of the sea wall; the old lighthouse is no longer operational)
• North Bull Lighthouse (on the North Bull Wall)
• North Wall Quay Lighthouse (inside the port)
• North Bank Lighthouse, sits in the middle of the mouth of the Liffey, inside the sea-walled area - a rectangular green lighthouse on a platform on stilts.
• Poolbeg Lighthouse (on the Great South Wall)

Dundalk Harbour Commissioners

• Dundalk Pile Light

Galway Harbour Company

• Galway Harbour Light

Irish Landmark Trust

• Old Keeper Dwellings Blackhead Antrim Lighthouse
• Wicklow Head Lighthouse, since 1996

Larne Harbour Ltd.

• Vessel Traffic Management Equipment at Ferris Point Light

Limerick Harbour Commissioners

• Tarbert Island Light

Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners

• Warren Point Lighthouse

Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority

• Ardglass Pier Light

Port of Waterford

• Duncannon Fort Lighthouse
• Passage Point Light

Rosslare Europort

• Rosslare Harbour Lighthouse

Wicklow Harbour Commissioners

• Wicklow East Pier Lighthouse

Other

• Baltimore Beacon, Baltimore, County Cork 51.472883°N 9.387646°W / 51.472883; -9.387646

Locations

• Commissioners of Irish Lights map showing location of navigation aids maintained around the coast of Ireland (2010).

See also

• Lightvessel
• Lightvessels in Ireland
• List of lighthouses and lightvessels
• List of islands of Ireland
• List of RNLI stations

References

Notes

External links

• Some 1,500 photographs of Irish lighthouses at Flickr