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Clare Island replacement lantern tower

Replacement lantern tower commissioned beside the damaged original tower in 1818, preserving two architectural generations within one station.

Source Evidence

Heritage Journey

The Lighthouse That Was Too High to Be Seen

Clare Island, fog, fire, and the transfer of a light

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Identity role

Replacement tower generationThe Lighthouse That Was Too High to Be Seen
The 1818 lantern tower that carried the station's light until 1965.

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Built
Clare Island Lighthouse1818accepted
A replacement lantern tower was built beside the retained original tower in 1818.
Commissioned
Clare Island Lighthouse1818accepted
The replacement lantern tower entered service toward the end of 1818.
Current host
Clare Island Lighthouse station complexreviewed
Functionally replaces
Clare Island original lighthouse tower1818accepted
The 1818 lantern tower assumed the lighting function of the fire-damaged 1806 tower without erasing the older structure.
Part of
Clare Island Lighthouse station fabric1818reviewed
The replacement lantern tower is the second tower generation within the same station fabric.

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Attribution

"Clare Island replacement lantern tower" · LUX-ASSET-000636 · © LUX143 · Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International · https://light.lux143.org/heritage-assets/LUX-ASSET-000636/

Citation

LUX Light Archive, Heritage asset: "Clare Island replacement lantern tower", LUX-ASSET-000636, https://light.lux143.org/heritage-assets/LUX-ASSET-000636/, accessed 2026-08-10, archive v0.24.362.