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Clare Island Lighthouse station fabric
Physical station fabric for one canonical Clare Island Lighthouse station: two surviving tower generations, keeper dwellings, cottages, outbuildings and enclosure walls. This asset is the Heritage Journey's technical root and does not create a second lighthouse identity.
At a glance
- Public access
- booking required
Evidence note
Official heritage evidence establishes lifecycle; the current operator documents the surviving complex, booking-only access, and an approximate published location.
Source Evidence
Heritage Journey
The Lighthouse That Was Too High to Be Seen
Clare Island, fog, fire, and the transfer of a light
Identity role
- Root station fabricThe Lighthouse That Was Too High to Be Seen
Physical complex that remains on Clare Island across tower replacement, decommissioning and adaptive reuse.
Direct relationships
Reviewed links from this object to a station, place, manufacturer, collection, or another heritage identity.
- Current host
- DecommissionedClare Island Lighthouse28/09/1965accepted
Preferred official assertion: Clare Island Lighthouse was extinguished at sunrise on 28 September 1965.
- DecommissionedClare Island Lighthouse29/09/1965reviewed
Alternative secondary assertion: a lighthouse-accommodation history gives 29 September 1965. It is retained for provenance but does not displace the official Irish Lights date.
- Has partClare Island lighthouse keeper dwellings1818reviewed
Keeper dwellings and associated buildings form part of the station complex.
- Has partClare Island original lighthouse tower1806reviewed
The original 1806 tower is one historical component of the Clare Island station fabric.
- Has partClare Island replacement lantern tower1818reviewed
The replacement lantern tower is the second tower generation within the same station fabric.
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- ModifiedClare Island Lighthouse1914accepted
Irish Lights records refurbishment of the Clare Island light in 1914; optic manufacturer, model and later custody remain unverified.
- ModifiedClare Island Lighthouse2008reviewed
After private acquisition in 2008, the preserved complex was renovated and adapted for hospitality accommodation; access is by booking, not unrestricted public entry.
- Part ofClare Island Lighthouse1806reviewed
The physical station fabric is the built manifestation of the single canonical Clare Island Lighthouse station.
Connections and discovery
Data and downloads
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Story Projects
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Rights & Attribution
Content License
Original editorial content on this page: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International. See Rights & Reuse.
Media Rights
No published media with documented rights on this record.
Attribution
"Clare Island Lighthouse station fabric" · LUX-ASSET-000634 · © LUX143 · Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International · https://light.lux143.org/heritage-assets/LUX-ASSET-000634/
Citation
LUX Light Archive, Heritage asset: "Clare Island Lighthouse station fabric", LUX-ASSET-000634, https://light.lux143.org/heritage-assets/LUX-ASSET-000634/, accessed 2026-08-10, archive v0.24.362.