Oyster Island Lighthouse

Oyster Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse in , . Oyster Island Lighthouse is situated nearby to the island , as well as near the building .
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.

Island
or Inishmulclohy is an island in , 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.

Building
Photo: Willie Duffin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is located at , a small village at the head of the Rosses Point Peninsula, at the entrance to , approximately 7.5 kilometres north-west of the town of in , . is situated 400 metres northeast of Oyster Island Lighthouse.

Church
Photo: Djedi Guy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 1½ km east of Oyster Island Lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rosses Point and Strandhill.

Photo: Gerry Gallagher, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in 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.

Photo: T0mt0m42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in , 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.

Hamlet
is a small village and townland in , Ireland. The townland is in the civil parish of , and has an area of approximately 1.6 square kilometres. is situated 4½ km east of Oyster Island Lighthouse.

Oyster Island Lighthouse

Latitude
54.30187° or 54° 18′ 7″ north
Longitude
-8.57118° or 8° 34′ 16″ west
Open location code
9C6H8C2H+PG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 216696641
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­lighthouse
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­lighthouse
Wiki­data ID
Q28496191
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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Oyster Island and The Metal Man.

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