Oyster Island Lighthouse
Oyster Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse in County Sligo, Connacht. Oyster Island Lighthouse is situated nearby to the island The Metal Man, as well as near the building Sligo Bay Lifeboat Station.Photo: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Ireland
- Also known as: “Metal Man Range Rear”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Coney Island and Sligo Bay Lifeboat Station.
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.
Sligo Bay Lifeboat Station
Building
Photo: Willie Duffin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sligo Bay Lifeboat Station is located at Rosses Point, a small village at the head of the Rosses Point Peninsula, at the entrance to Sligo Bay, approximately 7.5 kilometres north-west of the town of Sligo in County Sligo, Ireland. Sligo Bay Lifeboat Station is situated 400 metres northeast of Oyster Island Lighthouse.
Rosses Point Church of Ireland
Church
Photo: Djedi Guy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rosses Point Church of Ireland is situated 1½ km east of Oyster Island Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rosses Point and Strandhill.
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.
Strandhill
Photo: T0mt0m42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Strandhill is a village in County Sligo, 9 km west of Sligo town on the south shore of the bay, with a population in 2022 of 2000. Its name is apt: a great expanse of strand before it and a steep hill behind, the scarp of Knocknarea.
Ballincar
Hamlet
Ballincar is a small village and townland in County Sligo, Ireland. The townland is in the civil parish of Drumcliff, and has an area of approximately 1.6 square kilometres. Ballincar is situated 4½ km east of Oyster Island Lighthouse.
Oyster Island Lighthouse
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: County Sligo, Connacht, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.30187° or 54° 18′ 7″ northLongitude
-8.57118° or 8° 34′ 16″ westOpen location code
9C6H8C2H+PGOpenStreetMap ID
way 216696641OpenStreetMap feature
building=lighthouseOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata ID
Q28496191
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In Other Languages
“Oyster Island Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare d’Oyster Island”
- French: “Phare d’Oyster Island”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Oyster Island and The Metal Man.
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