During the mid-summer of 1920, the West Cork IRA led a daring raid on Fastnet Lighthouse. The British authorities used to store ammunition and more at the famous West Cork landmark because they ...

The long sweep of the beam from Ireland’s “teardrop” – west Cork’s Fastnet lighthouse – is due to shorten from Monday, the Irish lighthouse authority has confirmed. However, the Commissioners of Irish ...

Sir, – Lighthouses are symbolic objects and changes to them tend to arouse public anxiety ("Plans to dim Fastnet lighthouse cause upset in West Cork", News, February 14th). Lorna Siggins reports that ...

Author James Morrissey explores the history of lighthouses off the coast of County Cork. Starting at the Fastnet off the Co. Cork coast, one of the world’s finest lighthouses, James Morrissey, author ...

It could be the most tranquil day on the Atlantic ocean, with the Fastnet Lighthouse framed against a blue horizon and barely a wisp of a cloud in sight. Despite that, Irish Lights maintenance team ...

For some it’s the 1979 yachting disaster in which 15 sailors lost their lives in one of the world’s classic ocean races from the south coast of England, the 608-mile Fastnet Race. But despite the ...

A GROUP of explorers went on a spectacular lighthouse tour off the coast of Ireland – and there’s a major perk on the boat. Irish Explorer Ireland, who can be found online at @irishexplorer.ie, ...

THIS bizarre optical illusion shows an Irish lighthouse ‘rocking back and forth’ as waves crash into it during Storm Dennis. The video captured at the weekend shows high seas battering Fastnet ...

Storm Barra rips through the country today, causing havoc in some areas. The south-west of the country is getting the worst of the weather, with no better example than this footage taken from Fastnet, ...

A former lighthouse keeper has been honoured at a commemorative event marking the 40th anniversary of the 1979 Fastnet race disaster. A portrait of Gerald Butler by Welsh artist Dan Llywelyn Hall was ...

A former lighthouse keeper has been honoured at a commemorative event marking the 40th anniversary of the 1979 Fastnet race disaster. A portrait of Gerald Butler by Welsh artist Dan Llywelyn Hall was ...

THIS bizarre optical illusion shows a lighthouse ‘rocking back and forth’ as waves crash into it during Storm Dennis. The video captured on the weekend shows high seas battering Fastnet Lighthouse in ...