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Clare Island Lighthouse station fabric
Physical station fabric for one canonical Clare Island Lighthouse station: two surviving tower generations, keeper dwellings, cottages, outbuildings and enclosure walls. This asset is the Heritage Journey's technical root and does not create a second lighthouse identity.
Heritage Journey
The Lighthouse That Was Too High to Be Seen
Clare Island, fog, fire, and the transfer of a light
Identity role
- Root station fabricThe Lighthouse That Was Too High to Be Seen
Physical complex that remains on Clare Island across tower replacement, decommissioning and adaptive reuse.
Relationship Explorer
- Current hostClare Island Lighthouse, County Mayo, Irelandreviewed
- DecommissionedClare Island Lighthouse28/09/1965accepted
Preferred official assertion: Clare Island Lighthouse was extinguished at sunrise on 28 September 1965.
- DecommissionedClare Island Lighthouse29/09/1965reviewed
Alternative secondary assertion: a lighthouse-accommodation history gives 29 September 1965. It is retained for provenance but does not displace the official Irish Lights date.
- ModifiedClare Island Lighthouse1914accepted
Irish Lights records refurbishment of the Clare Island light in 1914; optic manufacturer, model and later custody remain unverified.
- ModifiedClare Island Lighthouse2008reviewed
After private acquisition in 2008, the preserved complex was renovated and adapted for hospitality accommodation; access is by booking, not unrestricted public entry.
- Part ofClare Island Lighthouse1806reviewed
The physical station fabric is the built manifestation of the single canonical Clare Island Lighthouse station.
- Part ofClare Island lighthouse keeper dwellings1818reviewed
Keeper dwellings and associated buildings form part of the station complex.
- Part ofClare Island original lighthouse tower1806reviewed
The original 1806 tower is one historical component of the Clare Island station fabric.
- Part ofClare Island replacement lantern tower1818reviewed
The replacement lantern tower is the second tower generation within the same station fabric.
Timeline and Relations
- Part of Clare Island Lighthouse1806
The physical station fabric is the built manifestation of the single canonical Clare Island Lighthouse station.
- Part of Clare Island original lighthouse tower1806
The original 1806 tower is one historical component of the Clare Island station fabric.
- Part of Clare Island replacement lantern tower1818
The replacement lantern tower is the second tower generation within the same station fabric.
- Part of Clare Island lighthouse keeper dwellings1818
Keeper dwellings and associated buildings form part of the station complex.
- Modified Clare Island Lighthouse1914
Irish Lights records refurbishment of the Clare Island light in 1914; optic manufacturer, model and later custody remain unverified.
- Decommissioned Clare Island Lighthouse28/09/1965
Preferred official assertion: Clare Island Lighthouse was extinguished at sunrise on 28 September 1965.
- Decommissioned Clare Island Lighthouse29/09/1965
Alternative secondary assertion: a lighthouse-accommodation history gives 29 September 1965. It is retained for provenance but does not displace the official Irish Lights date.
- Modified Clare Island Lighthouse2008
After private acquisition in 2008, the preserved complex was renovated and adapted for hospitality accommodation; access is by booking, not unrestricted public entry.
Asset Lifecycle Visualisation
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Asset lifecycle (16 events)
- Clare Island Lighthouse station fabric part of Clare Island LighthouseSource: Clare Island Lighthouse station fabric · Target: Clare Island LighthouseSources: An Introduction to the Architectural Heritage of County Mayohigh
- Clare Island replacement lantern tower part of Clare Island Lighthouse station fabricSource: Clare Island replacement lantern tower · Target: Clare Island Lighthouse station fabricSources: An Introduction to the Architectural Heritage of County Mayo, Clare Island Lighthouse - The Lighthouse buildingshigh
- Clare Island original lighthouse tower functionally replaced by Clare Island replacement lantern towerSource: Clare Island original lighthouse tower · Target: Clare Island replacement lantern towerSources: An Introduction to the Architectural Heritage of County Mayo, Clare Island Lighthouse - The Lighthouse buildingshigh
- Clare Island Lighthouse station fabric modified Clare Island LighthouseSource: Clare Island Lighthouse station fabric · Target: Clare Island LighthouseSources: Irish Lights - Achillbeg Lighthousehigh
- Clare Island Lighthouse station fabric decommissioned Clare Island LighthouseSource: Clare Island Lighthouse station fabric · Target: Clare Island LighthouseSources: Irish Lights - Achillbeg Lighthousehigh
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Attribution
"Clare Island Lighthouse station fabric" · LUX-ASSET-000634 · © LUX143 · Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International · https://light.lux143.org/heritage-assets/LUX-ASSET-000634/
Citation
LUX Light Archive, Heritage asset: "Clare Island Lighthouse station fabric", LUX-ASSET-000634, https://light.lux143.org/heritage-assets/LUX-ASSET-000634/, accessed 2026-07-11, archive v0.24.133.