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Bull Rock

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Bull Rock is a small islet off County Cork with a complete hole through its centre, beside which a granite lighthouse has guided Atlantic ships since 1889. Irish tradition calls the place Tech Duinn, the house of Donn, and calls that piercing opening an entrance for the dead. The sea took the earlier iron light nearby, trapped its keepers on rock for two weeks, and forced a stronger building onto this unusual stone. Even automated now, the lighthouse still turns above a chamber where human warning and ancient belief occupy the same address.
Bull Rock is recorded as a islet in County Cork. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.
Bull Rock is a small islet located off the coast of County Cork, Ireland, historically noted for its dramatic cliffs and as a landmark for sailors in the region. It is part of the Calf and Bull Rock cluster, with no permanent residents but significant in local maritime history.

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