Lighthouses of Ireland News
Irish Lights is currently recruiting for a Navigation Advisory Services Officer on a specified purpose contract for a minimum duration of eight months. It’s described as “an exciting opportunity for an experienced mariner with commercial sea-going and/or shore-based experience”. The…
General Lighthouse Authority Trinity House Makes Major Milestone With Ship Replacement Project Approved
15th October 2021 Lighthouses
The General Lighthouse Authority (GLA) for England, Wales and Channel Islands, Trinity House which has a project to commission the design and build of a vessel to replace THV Patricia has reached a major milestone following UK Ministerial approval to…
Dublin Festival of History On-Line Lecture: Irish Lights, Safeguarding Ireland’s Coasts 1914–23
6th October 2021 Lighthouses
As part of the Dublin Festival of History, Dr Eoin Kinsella will give a talk entitled Lighthouses, Lightships and the Commissioners of Irish Lights, Safeguarding Ireland’s Coasts 1914–23. The free online-held event presented by Irish Lights on Thursday, 7th October…
This week guided tours have resumed at the 800-year-old Hook Lighthouse following the latest easing of Covid-19 restrictions. Visitors are allowed back inside the Co. Wexford attraction following a long hiatus stretching to October of last year, while the grounds…
Tributes have been paid to former lightkeeper and maritime historian Bill Scanlan, who died this summer after a long illness. “A treasure to Galway, the city he loved and was so proud to promote to everyone he met,” is how…
Scotland & Isle of Man: Northern Lighthouse Board to Replace Aids to Navigation Tender NLV Pole Star
9th July 2021 Lighthouses
The General Lighthouse Authority (GLA) for Scotland and the Isle of Man, the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB) has embarked on a project to replace the NLV Pole Star after more than two decades in service. NLV Pole Star is nearing…
IALA hosts the World Marine Aids to Navigation Day (WATON) which for this year will also be celebrated virtually, writes Jehan Ashmore. The International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA) is a non-profit, international technical association…
Six Dun Laoghaire Men Lost in German Bombing of Lightship Remembered (Podcast)
10th June 2021 Wavelength Podcast
There are no words to describe the impact on relatives and friends of having someone lost at sea, but Elleesa Rushby’s own family experience is informing research she is undertaking on its toll. It is known as ambiguous loss, and…
Valentia Island Lighthouse has announced the launch of a new visitor experience, ‘Leading Lights at Cromwell Point’ and the re-opening for the 2021 season. ‘Leading Lights at Cromwell Point’ will deliver a whole new experience to the visitors, a journey…
Irish Lights carry out a constant maintenance and monitoring service for its buoy fleet around the coast from its headquarters at Dun Laoghaire Harbour. Buoys are prepared to the International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA)…
Facebook Videographer Ronan Kelly's tour of Blacksod lighthouse in County Mayo includes an interview with keeper Vincent Sweeney who reveals a special connection with the lighthouse, his mother and the D-Day landings. Kelly, who travels around Ireland by bike and gathers…
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An abandoned lighthouse on the largest Aran island off Galway bay is for sale for over half a million euros. As Times.ie reports today, the lighthouse and ruined buildings command a view of the Atlantic from the island’s highest point.…
Loss of Six Dun Laoghaire Men in German Bombing of Lightship Remembered
21st December 2020 Dun Laoghaire Harbour News
Six Dun Laoghaire mariners never came home for Christmas 80 years ago, when their lightship was attacked and sunk by a German bomber aircraft off the Wexford coast. Now, the grand-daughter of one of those lost has appealed to other…
Female Harbour Masters Pursuing Maritime Careers in Ireland - Podcast
10th December 2020 Wavelength Podcast
Master mariners, meteorologists and marine biologists are some of the professions held by about 160 women working in the Irish maritime sector. Two mariners, Capt Caitríona Dowling and Capt Deirdre Lane know what it is like to pursue a career…
Irish Lighthouses Celebrated by Young Authors in Book Benefiting Two Charities
15th November 2020 Lighthouses
Young authors have contributed to a new book published by The Commissioners of Irish Lights (CIL) which aims to benefit two charities. The organisation’s Young Storykeepers’ Project has put together The Lighthouse Storybook, a collection of stories written by young…
The Commissioners of Irish Lights has, in the Notice to Mariners 05/2020, given notice that on 30th October or as soon as circumstances permitted, the existing Skulmartin Buoy off the north County Down coast, is to be repositioned. The existing…
