Great Lighthouses of Ireland

Name: Great Lighthouses of Ireland
Released: 2019-06-21T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Jim Norton

TV Show · Documentary

This series tells the fascinating story of Ireland's lighthouses and their continuing importance in modern Irish life. Visually spectacular the series features stunning footage of Ireland's lighthouses and reveals how Ireland became a world leader in lighthouse engineering.

2019 · 50m

Starring Jim Norton

Director Frank Delaney

EPISODE 1

A Nation Surrounded

The Hook Head lighthouse : The oldest operating lighthouse in the world.
EPISODE 2

Feats of Engineering

The Calf and Bull Rock lighthouses: how mountainous seas destroyed the Calf Rock lighthouse and the construction of the lighthouse on Bull Rock.
EPISODE 3

Witnesses to History

The First World War, The sinking of the Lusitania, The D-Day Weather Report, Irish lighthouses and Mét Éireann.
EPISODE 4

A Bright Future

The advent of the helicopter and automation.