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Clare Island replacement lantern tower

Replacement lantern tower commissioned beside the damaged original tower in 1818, preserving two architectural generations within one station.

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Heritage Journey

The Lighthouse That Was Too High to Be Seen

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

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  • Built
    Clare Island Lighthouse1818accepted

    A replacement lantern tower was built beside the retained original tower in 1818.

  • Commissioned
    Clare Island Lighthouse1818accepted

    The replacement lantern tower entered service toward the end of 1818.

  • Current host
    Clare Island Lighthouse station complexreviewed
  • Functionally replaces
    Clare Island original lighthouse 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 fabric1818reviewed

    The replacement lantern tower is the second tower generation within the same station fabric.

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commissionedfunctionally replaced bycommissionedClare Island replacement lantern towerClare Islandreplacementlantern towertowerClare Island original lighthouse towerClare Islandoriginallighthouse towertowerClare Island LighthouseClare IslandLighthouselighthouse

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3 related objects

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Clare Island Lighthouse

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part of; modified; decommissioned5part ofbuilt; commissioned; damaged3part ofpart ofbuilt; commissioned2functionally replaced byoperationally replaced by; navigation function transferred to2Clare Island replacement lantern towerClare Islandreplacementlantern towertowerClare Island Lighthouse station fabricClare IslandLighthousestation fabricsiteClare Island original lighthouse towerClare Islandoriginallighthouse towertowerClare Island lighthouse keeper dwellingsClare Islandlighthouse keeperdwellingsstructureClare Island LighthouseClare IslandLighthouselighthouseAchillbeg LighthouseAchillbegLighthouselighthouse
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Attribution

"Clare Island replacement lantern tower" · LUX-ASSET-000636 · © LUX143 · Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International · https://light.lux143.org/heritage-assets/LUX-ASSET-000636/

Citation

LUX Light Archive, Heritage asset: "Clare Island replacement lantern tower", LUX-ASSET-000636, https://light.lux143.org/heritage-assets/LUX-ASSET-000636/, accessed 2026-08-23, archive v0.24.456.