Lower Rosses Lighthouse
Lower Rosses Lighthouse is a lighthouse in County Sligo, Connacht. Lower Rosses Lighthouse is situated nearby to the lake Curraghaleebeen, as well as near the locality Carney.Photo: MikaLaureque, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Coney Island and Oyster Island Lighthouse.
Coney Island
Island
Coney Island or Inishmulclohy is an island in Sligo Bay, Ireland. It lies across the mouth of Sligo Harbour, between Rosses Point and the Coolera Peninsula, and can be reached from the latter via a tidal causeway. Coney Island is situated 3½ km south of Lower Rosses Lighthouse.
Oyster Island Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oyster Island Lighthouse is situated 3 km south of Lower Rosses Lighthouse.
Lissadell House
House
Photo: Aspdin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lissadell House is a neo-classical Greek revivalist style country house in County Sligo, Ireland. The house was built between 1830 and 1835 for Sir Robert Gore-Booth, 4th Baronet by London architect Francis Goodwin. Lissadell House is situated 2 km north of Lower Rosses Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rosses Point and Carney.
Rosses Point
Photo: Gerry Gallagher, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rosses Point is a village in County Sligo with a population of 900 in 2022. It's a fishing village at the outflow of Sligo Bay, and "Ross" means the peninsula between that and Drumcliffe Bay further north.
Carney
Locality
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carney is a village on the Maugherow Peninsula in County Sligo, Ireland. It is 8 km north of Sligo town. Carney is situated 3 km northeast of Lower Rosses Lighthouse.
Drumcliff
Village
Photo: Ephemeral future, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Drumcliff or Drumcliffe is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. It is 8 km north of Sligo town on the N15 road on a low gravel ridge between the mountain of Ben Bulben and Drumcliff Bay. Drumcliff is situated 4½ km east of Lower Rosses Lighthouse.
Lower Rosses Lighthouse
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Ireland
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: County Sligo, Connacht, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.32862° or 54° 19′ 43″ northLongitude
-8.57268° or 8° 34′ 22″ westOpen location code
9C6H8CHG+CWOpenStreetMap ID
node 322520702OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata ID
Q28496197
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In Other Languages
“Lower Rosses Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Lower Rosses”
- French: “Phare de Lower Rosses”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Curraghaleebeen and Church Ruins.
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