Contains a series of beautiful paintings of the lighthouses featured, done by William L. Trotter and a few pages of the history of each lighthouse.
Not a comprehensive book, by any means, but there is a map and a comprehensive list of the navigational aids under the Commissionaries of Irish Lights near the front of the book. This map and list are the main source for my list of Irish lighthouses, at least for the time being.
[…] My primary source for this list is Lighthouses of Ireland, by Kevin M. McCarthy. I will start at Dublin, as they do in the book, and make my way southward along the coast, circling the island. […]
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