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Breakwater and Lighthouse, Rosslare Europort · Photo: David Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0

What is recorded here

The coast tells you why this had to be built. A lighthouse erected by the Fishguard and Rosslare Railways and Harbours (FRRH) Company representing an important component of the early twentieth-century built heritage of south County Wexford.

Freestanding single-bay two-stage lighthouse, commissioned 1906, on a circular plan. Sheet iron-covered battered walls in iron frame on braced or buttressed plinth with cast-iron spandrels supporting cantilevered walkway having cast-iron railings centred on cone-topped lantern. Square-headed door opening with rosette-detailed pedimented surround framing timber boarded door. Square-headed window openings with sheet iron-covered sills, and pedimented surrounds framing fixed-pane fittings. Set on mass concrete block battered pier.

A lighthouse erected by the Fishguard and Rosslare Railways and Harbours (FRRH) Company representing an important component of the early twentieth-century built heritage of south County Wexford.

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A lighthouse erected by the Fishguard and Rosslare Railways and Harbours (FRRH) Company representing an important component of the early twentieth-century built heritage of south County Wexford.

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