Fastnet Lighthouse Centenary

Above the Fastnet lighthouse

1K views · 14 reactions | Don't worry - we'll keep watch. Ireland is home to over 100 lighthouses on its shores, blinking out into the night to help guide seafaring people. Romanticized in literature and history, the life of a lighthouse keeper is often solitary, but maybe you're about that quiet time. If not, tag someone you'd stay in a lighthouse with in the comments   Fastnet Lighthouse, Cork Tourism Ireland | Brendan Vacations | Facebook

The Fastnet Rock Lighthouse stands 179 feet above mean sea level. It is a magnificent feat of engineering built on a rock in the North Atlantic Ocean, 4 miles south west of Cape Clear Island The first Fastnet Lighthouse was built in 1853 and was a cast iron tower which was too weak to survive. The construction of the new granite lighthouse began in 1897. 120 years ago on the 27th of June 1904, the light on the new granite lighthouse was lit for the first time. The Fastnet Rock Lighthouse also kn