heritage asset · tower
Clare Island original lighthouse tower
Original tower generation of the single Clare Island Lighthouse station, damaged by fire in 1813 and retained beside the 1818 replacement tower.
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
- Original tower generationThe Lighthouse That Was Too High to Be Seen
The 1806 tower damaged by fire and retained beside its functional replacement.
Direct relationships
Reviewed links from this object to a station, place, manufacturer, collection, or another heritage identity.
- BuiltClare Island Lighthouse1806accepted
The original Clare Island tower was established as the station's first lighthouse in 1806.
- CommissionedClare Island Lighthouse1806accepted
The original lighthouse entered service in 1806 to mark the entrance to Clew Bay.
- Current host
- DamagedClare Island Lighthouse1813accepted
Fire damaged the original tower's lantern and upper structure in 1813; the cause is not asserted in the public Story.
- Functionally replaced byClare Island replacement lantern tower1818accepted
The 1818 lantern tower assumed the lighting function of the fire-damaged 1806 tower without erasing the older structure.
- Part ofClare Island Lighthouse station fabric1806reviewed
The original 1806 tower is one historical component of the Clare Island station fabric.
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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
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Attribution
"Clare Island original lighthouse tower" · LUX-ASSET-000635 · © LUX143 · Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International · https://light.lux143.org/heritage-assets/LUX-ASSET-000635/
Citation
LUX Light Archive, Heritage asset: "Clare Island original lighthouse tower", LUX-ASSET-000635, https://light.lux143.org/heritage-assets/LUX-ASSET-000635/, accessed 2026-08-10, archive v0.24.362.