Black Rock Lighthouse
Black Rock Lighthouse is a lighthouse in County Sligo, Connacht. Black Rock Lighthouse is situated nearby to Coney Island, as well as near the islet Maguins Island.Photo: Willie Duffin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in County Sligo, Ireland
- Also known as: “Blackrock (Co. Sligo) Lighthouse” and “Blackrock Lighthouse”
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.
Oyster Island Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oyster Island Lighthouse is situated 3 km east of Black Rock Lighthouse.
Killaspugbrone
Cemetery
Killaspugbrone is an early Christian church on the coast west of Sligo town and near the modern resort of Strandhill. Known as Caiseal Irrae in the earliest references. Killaspugbrone is situated 3 km south of Black Rock 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.
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 7 km northeast of Black Rock Lighthouse.
Black Rock Lighthouse
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: County Sligo, Connacht, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.30752° or 54° 18′ 27″ northLongitude
-8.61761° or 8° 37′ 3″ westHeight
25 metres (82 feet)Open location code
9C6H895J+2XOpenStreetMap ID
way 286682794OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata ID
Q28497205
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In Other Languages
“Black Rock Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Black Rock”
- French: “Phare de Black Rock”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Black Rock and Maguins Island.
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