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Last updated: Mon 26 Jul 2021, 4:08 AM 999b. Public open day at Roches Point Lighthouse, 4 June 2017 – celebrating 200 years since its construction. The event was organised by the Cork Harbour Heritage Alliance in association with the Commissioners of Irish Lights. (picture: Kieran McCarthy) The lights in the dark Published: Last updated: Mon 26 Jul 2021, 4:08 AM My new book ‘The Little book of Cork Harbour’ has recently been published by The History Press. Following on from last week, below is another snippet from the book– focussing on some aspects of Roches Point Lighthouse and Daunt Rock lightship in the harbour. Roches Point Lighthouse Around 1640-1650 AD, the Roche family purchased the Fitzgerald estate (approx. 1,500 acres) from Edmund Fitzgerald of Ballymaloe and lived for many centuries at Trabolgan. Roches Point at the mouth of Cork Harbour is named after ....
Coast with the most: 20 Munster road trips to try this summer Tom Breathnach discovers 20 mighty Munster road-trip highlights Youghal Tom Breathnach Take a Viking tour, Waterford Welcome to Vadrafjord (that’s Waterford to you and I). Ireland’s oldest city has been steeped in a storied maritime history since it was founded by Vikings in 915 AD. The city’s well-preserved Viking Triangle offers visitors a trove of historic attractions within its walls. King of the Vikings, billed as the world s first viking virtual reality adventure, is a family-friendly 3D experience which brings you up close and personal with Waterford’s onetime sea pirate warlords. The site is located in a replica Viking house within the ruins of a medieval monastery, all adding to the drama; kingofthevikings.com. For the perfect evening refuge, take the 20km spin down to cliffs and coves of Dunmore East and feast at one of Ireland’s best seafood chippers, East Pier. ....