LUX Light ArkLight Archive
Search

heritage asset · tower

Clare Island original lighthouse tower

Original tower generation of the single Clare Island Lighthouse station, damaged by fire in 1813 and retained beside the 1818 replacement tower.

Source Evidence

Heritage Journey

The Lighthouse That Was Too High to Be Seen

Clare Island, fog, fire, and the transfer of a light

Follow the full journey

Identity role

Direct relationships

Reviewed links from this object to a station, place, manufacturer, collection, or another heritage identity.

  • Built
    Clare Island Lighthouse1806accepted

    The original Clare Island tower was established as the station's first lighthouse in 1806.

  • Commissioned
    Clare Island Lighthouse1806accepted

    The original lighthouse entered service in 1806 to mark the entrance to Clew Bay.

  • Current host
    Clare Island Lighthouse station complexreviewed
  • Damaged
    Clare Island Lighthouse1813accepted

    Fire damaged the original tower's lantern and upper structure in 1813; the cause is not asserted in the public Story.

  • Functionally replaced by
    Clare Island replacement lantern tower1818accepted

    The 1818 lantern tower assumed the lighting function of the fire-damaged 1806 tower without erasing the older structure.

  • Part of
    Clare Island Lighthouse station fabric1806reviewed

    The original 1806 tower is one historical component of the Clare Island station fabric.

Connections and discovery

View direct connection graph (3 objects)
commissionedfunctionally replaced bycommissionedClare Island original lighthouse towerClare Islandoriginallighthouse towertowerClare Island replacement lantern towerClare Islandreplacementlantern towertowerClare Island LighthouseClare IslandLighthouselighthouse

Optional discovery

3 related objects

These reviewed objects are reached within two graph steps through a shared manufacturer, place, or related identity. They are discovery context, not part of this object's own lifecycle.

Through related object

Clare Island Lighthouse

Other reviewed connection

Other reviewed connection

View full related network map (6 graph objects)
part of; modified; decommissioned5part ofbuilt; commissioned; damaged3part ofpart ofbuilt; commissioned2functionally replaced byoperationally replaced by; navigation function transferred to2Clare Island original lighthouse towerClare Islandoriginallighthouse towertowerClare Island Lighthouse station fabricClare IslandLighthousestation fabricsiteClare Island replacement lantern towerClare Islandreplacementlantern towertowerClare Island lighthouse keeper dwellingsClare Islandlighthouse keeperdwellingsstructureClare Island LighthouseClare IslandLighthouselighthouseAchillbeg LighthouseAchillbegLighthouselighthouse
Data and downloads

Open lifecycle JSON · Open graph JSON · Open related lifecycle JSON · Open related graph JSON

Story Projects

Source-grounded narrative packs connected to this object.

Rights & Attribution

Content License

Original editorial content on this page: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International. See Rights & Reuse.

Media Rights

No published media with documented rights on this record.

Attribution

"Clare Island original lighthouse tower" · LUX-ASSET-000635 · © LUX143 · Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International · https://light.lux143.org/heritage-assets/LUX-ASSET-000635/

Citation

LUX Light Archive, Heritage asset: "Clare Island original lighthouse tower", LUX-ASSET-000635, https://light.lux143.org/heritage-assets/LUX-ASSET-000635/, accessed 2026-08-13, archive v0.24.412.