Lighthouse technology has changed hugely over the centuries, but the lighthouses remain the same - and so does the goal of the Northern Lighthouse Board.
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As kids growing up by the carefree beaches of the Irish east coast, myself and my friends would regularly cycle the short distance to the unspoiled sand dunes that tumbled down to the mouth of the river Boyne.
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