Located next to Mutton Island in County Galway, Ireland. Access to the lighthouse is limited due to it being surrounded by a pesky treatment plant and lots of gates/keep out signs....
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| Looking in from the outside. |
Of course we didn't let this stop us and climbed over rocks around the plant and over a wall or two....
Before the lighthouse was built a castle existed. Then the need for a lighthouse became apparent and it was built in 1817. It was one of very few lighthouses where a keeper lived with his family. Imagine growing up in a lighthouse!
In 1958 the lighthouse became automated (wonder what happened to the family?) and then in 1977 it was turned off completely after 160 years of service.
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