Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DOWN, HAULBOWLINE LIGHTHOUSE

Name: HALPIN, GEORGE [1]
Building: CO. DOWN, HAULBOWLINE LIGHTHOUSE
Date: 1817p-1823
Nature: Cut stone tower designed by GH, senior; working drawings by 'the celebrated Peter Nicholson'. Built by workmen of Ballast Board. Lantern by Clarke of Edinburgh. Cost (excluding beacon): £24,030.10s.6d.
Refs: John S. Sloane, ' History of the Lighthouses of Ireland', IB 22, 1 Apr,1 May 1880, 99,124; Bill Long, Bright Light, White Water (1993), 21