Blackrock (Mayo) Lighthouse

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Blackrock is one of the most remote and desolate lighthouse stations on the Irish coast. The station is perched 230 feet above sea level on a pinnacle of almost barren rock, 11 miles out into the Atlantic from Blacksod.

Completed in 1864 and was a watched station until 1974, when it was automated. Damaged by a German bomber in 1940, which was attacking a nearby Allied vessel (SS Macville).

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Coordinates:   54°4'0"N   10°19'11"W
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