Qualla: Skerries Lighthouse https://qualla.com/skerries-lighthouse en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:13 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Skerries Lighthouse https://qualla.com/skerries-lighthouse Skerries Lighthouse: Introduction https://qualla.com/skerries-lighthouse/ William Trench bought the patent to build a lighthouse on the Skerries in 1713 and spent the next twelve years going broke trying to make it work. He paid for the tower himself, lit it with a coal brazier on top in 1717, and watched ships keep wrecking on the rocks around him - including, one terrible night, the boat carrying his own son back to the islands. Trench died in debt in 1725. The Post Office, recognising what he had built, kept his widow on a small pension. Then came the act that changed everything: Parliament confirmed the patent on the light, and the right to collect shipping dues, to his son-in-law Sutton Morgan and to Morgan's heirs forever. Forever turned out to be a very profitable word.

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]]> Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/k/x/skerries-lighthouse-wp/gckx-skerries-lighthouse-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Skerries Lighthouse: The Toll Bridge of the Irish Sea https://qualla.com/skerries-lighthouse/ Every commercial ship over five tons entering Liverpool paid one old penny per ton to the Skerries light, whether it had passed within sight of the beam or not. Foreign ships paid double. Liverpool was about to become one of the busiest ports in the world. The Morgan heirs rebuil...

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