Eagle Island Lighthouse
The Eagle Island lighthouses are a pair of lighthouses on Eagle Island, County Mayo, Ireland, of which only one remains operational. Two lighthouses were commissioned in 1830 in response to requests from the Coastguards who were concerned at the sea conditions at Blackrock, further south.Photo: MickReynolds, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Ireland
- Also known as: “Eagle Island lighthouses”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Eagle Island.
Eagle Island
Islet
Eagle Island is a small uninhabited island at the north end of the Mullet Peninsula in Erris off the north west County Mayo Atlantic Ocean coast in Ireland. There is a lighthouse on the island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Belmullet and Binghamstown.
Belmullet
Town
Photo: Bugfingers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Belmullet is a coastal Gaeltacht town with a population of 1,019 on the Mullet Peninsula in the barony of Erris, County Mayo, Ireland. It is the commercial and cultural heart of the barony of Erris, which has a population of almost 10,000. Belmullet is situated 10 km southeast of Eagle Island Lighthouse.
Binghamstown
Village
Binghamstown is a townland and village in County Mayo, Ireland. It lies on the R313 regional road on the Mullet Peninsula, near the town of Belmullet. The townland of Binghamstown has an area of approximately 3 square kilometres, and had a population of 106 people as of the 2011 census. Binghamstown is situated 10 km southeast of Eagle Island Lighthouse.
Eagle Island Lighthouse
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: County Mayo, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.28349° or 54° 17′ 1″ northLongitude
-10.09265° or 10° 5′ 34″ westOpen location code
9C6F7WM4+9WOpenStreetMap ID
way 474800376OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata ID
Q15215812
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In Other Languages
From French to Irish—“Eagle Island Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phares d’Eagle Island”
- French: “Phares d’Eagle Island”
- Irish: “Teach Solais ar Oileán sa Tuaidh”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dún na mBó Blowhole and Dún na mBó Sculputure.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Cross Rock and Lavelle’s Eagle Bar.
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