The stories of those who were isolated for months while they protected shipping from treacherous rocks with the beaming of the warning lights.
Taking a deeper look at the poetry of Lighthouse Keeper, DJ O'Sullivan in the company of his sons, Donal and Eugene O'Sullivan (also former lighthouse Keepers)
Lighthouse Families. . Ray and Eileen Wickham describe living as a family at various stations but especially the Hook Head, where the children slept under the lighthouse beam every
This edition of Lighthouse Stories explores how the lighthouse has moved the imagination. Melissa Murray re-reads 'To The Lighthouse' by Virginia Woolf.
In the second edition - ‘Danger at Sea – we explore just some of the instances when Lighthouse Keepers faced tumultuous seas and made life-saving dashes, and decisions. Luke Clancy tells the story of the destruction of the Lighthouse at Calf Rock in 1881.
In the first edition - ‘Dawn to Dusk’ – we re-live the Lightkeeper’s day - in sound, with recordings by Chris Watson.
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