St John's point Lighthouse and Cottages

            European Heritage Open Day 10/09/2023

This was just before the event started.
The site was opened to the public for the day, Great fun. Lots of interested people there. Lots of tea and coffee, scones, biscuits, and juice.   

My wife, Paula, helps Susan with the self catering accommodation here. Great place and for me a privilege to be able to be about the place so much. 

I ended up chatting to loads of people and telling folk the history of the lighthouse. It is a fascinating piece of history. 

It is 40M in height and so is the tallest onshore lighthouse on the Island of Ireland.

The building was finished in 1844 and the light was put on for the first time. At that time it was a white lighthouse. In 1902 3 black bands were added so it was a black and white. Then in 1954 the white was changed to yellow. The colours of a lighthouse are termed the "daymark" and St Johns is distinctive. 

The original tower was only 14 metres high, the extension to 40 metres happened in the 1880s. 

The light was originally oil then coal gas powered (the coal gas being manufactured from coal on site!). Later delivered gas, and latterly electric power and about to move to LED which will use less than a 10th of the electricity it currently uses.

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Taken in: UK / N Ireland / Rossglass (show map)

Taken on: September 10, 2023

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