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Lighthouse

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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA110-133002

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  • Fiore Silvestro Barbato from Napoli (NA), Italy, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Chmee2 or Mates, Wikimedia Commons · GFDL
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, heritageireland.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.youtube.com
  • Ronan Mac Giollapharaic, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Guilhem Boyer, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.tripadvisor.com.au
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