Ireland is, after all, an island - before the time of GPS, lighthouses were essential in preventing shipwrecks along the rocky coast. The golden age of lighthouse construction in the country was ...

FORBAIRT Fhánada has announced the signing of a new 20-year lease agreement with the Commissioners of Irish Lights (Irish ...

Inishtearaght, Co. Kerry. Picture: Andrew Collins Such was the appeal of Great Lighthouses of Ireland that RTÉ increased its audience share for that particular early evening slot in every age range.

Now, with Ireland’s great lighthouses all automated, and lighthouse keepers a thing of the past, the opportunity is being offered to the paying public to experience the isolation and the ...

Great Lighthouses of Ireland is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku ...

Lighthouses have been a source of fascination and inspiration for artists. Since they appeared on the Irish coast, lighthouses have been a source of fascination. Photographer Peter Cox shares some ...

A designer has created prints of Irish lighthouses inspired by his boyhood hero Tintin. From Rathlin on the northern tip of Ireland to Fastnet in Cork on the south coast, Bert Dufour went on his ...

A five-year plan to harness the global tourist potential of Irish lighthouses to become beacons of hope for isolated areas has been launched by Great Lighthouses of Ireland (GLI) at its annual ...

Belgian designer Bert Dufour, pictured at Ballycotton Lighthouse, Co Cork, is on course to create colourful prints of every one of the 80 lighthouses guarding Ireland’s coastline (Bert Dufour/PA ...

000km over three years capturing all 80 operational lighthouses on the island. So far prints of 55 have been framed as artworks, with the project set to go on public show at Gifted, Ireland’s ...