DUNAGREE (SHROOVE) LIGHTHOUSE, SHROVE, INISHOWEN, CO. DONEGAL, IRELAND.

            DUNAGREE LIGHTHOUSE IS SITUATED NEAR THE TOWN OF GREENCASTLE AND RIGHT BESIDE THE BEAUTIFUL SANDY BEACH AT SHROOVE (SOMETIMES SPELLED SHROVE OR STROOVE). DUNAGREE LIGHTHOUSE IS ALSO KNOWN AS SHROOVE LIGHTHOUSE OR INISHOWEN HEAD LIGHTHOUSE.
ACTIVE; FOCAL PLANE 28 M (92 FT); TWO FLASHES EVERY 10 S, WHITE, RED, OR GREEN DEPENDING ON DIRECTION. 22.5 M (74 FT) ROUND TWO-STAGE TOWER WITH LANTERN AND DOUBLE GALLERY. THE LOWER PORTION IS A 15 M (49 FT) GRANITE TOWER BUILT IN 1837 BY GEORGE HALPIN; THE UPPER PORTION IS A 7.5 M (25 FT) CAST IRON TOWER ADDED BY J.S. SLOANE IN 1871. LIGHTHOUSE PAINTED WHITE WITH TWO NARROW BLACK HORIZONTAL BANDS (AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE CAST IRON SECTION). FOG HORN (2 BLASTS EVERY 30 S). THREE 2-STORY KEEPER'S HOUSES; ONE IS OCCUPIED BY A RESIDENT ATTENDENT AND THE OTHERS SERVE AS VACATION COTTAGES FOR CIL STAFF. THE LIGHT STATION HAS A COMPLEX HISTORY, AS SEVERAL GENERATIONS OF MANAGERS SOUGHT TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE WARNING OF THE DANGEROUS TUNS BANK OFFSHORE. ORIGINALLY THERE WAS A SECOND 15 M (49 FT) GRANITE TOWER, IDENTICAL TO THE FIRST, ABOUT 140 M (153 YD) TO THE EAST. THIS BECAME THE LOW LIGHT AFTER THE WEST TOWER WAS RAISED IN 1871. THE EAST TOWER WAS DEACTIVATED IN 1961 AND ITS UPPER SECTION WAS REMOVED. THE LIGHT STATION IS ACTUALLY LOCATED ON AT DUNAGREE POINT, 1 KM (0.6 MI) SOUTH OF INISHOWEN HEAD, MARKING THE ENTRANCE TO LOUGH FOYLE. OPERATOR: COMMISSIONERS OF IRISH LIGHTS.

Taken in: Ireland / Donegal (show map)

Taken on: October 27, 2017

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