Selected: CO. CORK, CAPE CLEAR ISLAND, LIGHTHOUSE
Name: | HALPIN, GEORGE [1] |
Building: | CO. CORK, CAPE CLEAR ISLAND, LIGHTHOUSE |
Date: | 1817-18 |
Nature: | Erected by Ballast Board of Dublin. Circular tower of cut granite, 36ft high. 3 flights of winding stairs. Copper cupol ornamented with a weather cock. . Revolving light first exhibited May 1818. Lighthouse built too high and use discontinued in 1854. |
Refs: | Dublin Penny Journal (1835), 282(illus.); Bill Long, Bright light, white water (1993), 109-110 |