Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DONEGAL, INISHTRAHULL, LIGHTHOUSE

Name: HALPIN, GEORGE [1]
Building: CO. DONEGAL, INISHTRAHULL, LIGHTHOUSE
Date: 1811-13
Nature: Built under supervision of GH. Light first exhibited 17 Mar 1813. Cast iron stair, floor and lantern by Edmundson, Dublin. Lantern by Mssrs. Chance, Birmingham.
Refs: Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 319; ; Bill Long, Bright Light, White Water (1993), 175

Name: SLOANE, JOHN SWAN
Building: CO. DONEGAL, INISHTRAHULL, LIGHTHOUSE
Date: 1864a
Nature: Renovation of interior, new lantern and catadioptric revolving apparatus. Cast iron lantern, new floor and stair by Edmundson, Dublin. Cost: £4,560.6s.10d. New light first shown Sep 1864.
Refs: John S. Sloane, 'A History of the lighthouses of Ireland…VI', IB 22, 1 Oct 1880, 278; Bill Long, Bright Light, White Water (1993), 175-6