Qualla: Ardnakinna Lighthouse https://qualla.com/ardnakinna-lighthouse en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:11 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Ardnakinna Lighthouse https://qualla.com/ardnakinna-lighthouse Ardnakinna Lighthouse: Introduction https://qualla.com/ardnakinna-lighthouse/ For a hundred and fifteen years there was a tower at Ardnakinna, but for forty-two of those years it carried no light at all. The story of the Ardnakinna lighthouse is the story of bureaucratic slowness colliding with maritime risk. A beacon was recommended for this headland on the western entrance to Castletownbere in 1847. It was built in 1850, capped without a lamp in 1863, transferred to the Admiralty in 1902, and quietly decommissioned in 1923. A trawler incident in 1945 prompted fresh requests for a navigation light. The light did not come on until 23 November 1965.

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/0/v/ardnakinna-lighthouse-wp/gc0v-ardnakinna-lighthouse-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Ardnakinna Lighthouse: A Beacon Without a Lamp https://qualla.com/ardnakinna-lighthouse/ The original structure at Ardnakinna was conceived as a daymark - a tall circular masonry beacon that ships could line up against to find the safe channel into Bantry Bay. It was recommended in 1847, when the Great Famine was emptying the surrounding parishes, and built in 1850 w...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/0/v/ardnakinna-lighthouse-wp/gc0v-ardnakinna-lighthouse-a-beacon-without-a-lamp.mp3 0:06 2 full Ardnakinna Lighthouse: The Trawler That Forced the Question https://qualla.com/ardnakinna-lighthouse/ In 1945, a trawler incident at the western entrance to Castletownbere brought the question of a navigation light back into urgent focus. The harbour had become important to Ireland's fishing fleet, and the Berehaven channel - narrow, rocky, and exposed to weather sweeping in from...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/0/v/ardnakinna-lighthouse-wp/gc0v-ardnakinna-lighthouse-the-trawler-that-forced-the-question.mp3 0:06 3 full Ardnakinna Lighthouse: The Light Comes On https://qualla.com/ardnakinna-lighthouse/ The lamp installed at Ardnakinna in 1965 was secondhand. It was salvaged from a decommissioned lightship - a piece of equipment that had spent its working life moored as a floating beacon somewhere on the Irish coast - and adapted to its new fixed home on Bere Island. The 1,500-w...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/0/v/ardnakinna-lighthouse-wp/gc0v-ardnakinna-lighthouse-the-light-comes-on.mp3 0:06 4 full Ardnakinna Lighthouse: Why Light Matters Here https://qualla.com/ardnakinna-lighthouse/ The western entrance to Castletownbere matters because the harbour matters. Berehaven is one of the deepest natural anchorages in Europe - capable of holding the entire Atlantic Fleet of the Royal Navy in earlier eras, and today host to one of Ireland's busiest fishing ports. Fis...

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