Inishgort

NameInishgort
Latitude53°49.594' North
Longitude009°40.259' West
CharacterLFl 10s
Light Range10 nautical miles
Height of Tower8 metres
Height of Light above MHWS11 metres

History:

The tower was originally built in 1806.

On 10 December 1964 the flash length of the character Fl every 2 seconds was altered to 0.4 seconds. On the 25th September 1979 this character was changed to LFl W 10s.

The light was converted to solar power in July 2000.

The lantern is a Tideland ML300 lantern with 20W tungsten halogen lamps, powered by 4 x 50W solar panels charging a 510Ah battery

Emergency

If you notice that any aid to navigation is not functioning correctly please contact our 24 hour emergency number on

01-2801996

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