Irelands`s only Inland Lighthouse with a 164 narrow step spiral staircase! On a highly significant archaeological site.
Designed by Henry Aaron Baker designer of the King’s Inn, Dublin for Thomas Taylour, First Earl of Bective in 1791 and provided work during the time of a local famine.
The legendary Queen Maeve (Medbh) was said to camp here with her armies on her way to steal Ulster's prize stud bull in the story of Táin Bó Cúailnge ("The Cattle Raid of Cooley").
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13/03/2024