Blacksod Lighthouse
Blacksod Lighthouse is a lighthouse at the southern end of the Mullet Peninsula, Erris, County Mayo, at the entrance to Blacksod Bay. It is made of local granite blocks, which are believed to have come from Termon Hill, a nearby isolated outcrop of high quality granite.The keeper's house is a two-storey square building, which has always been unpainted.Photo: James Emmans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Notable Places in the Area
St. Dairbhile's Church
Ruins
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Dairbhile's Church is a medieval church and National Monument in County Mayo, Ireland. St. Dairbhile's Church is situated 3 km west of Blacksod Lighthouse.
Localities in the Area
Doohooma
Locality
Photo: Comhar, Public domain.
Doohoma or Doohooma is a townland, peninsula and a census town in the County Mayo Gaeltacht, Ireland. Doohooma is situated 8 km east of Blacksod Lighthouse.
Blacksod Lighthouse
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Ireland
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: County Mayo, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.09856° or 54° 5' 55" northLongitude
-10.06051° or 10° 3' 38" westOpen Location Code
9C6F3WXQ+CQOpenStreetMap ID
node 3978768955OpenStreetMap Feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata ID
Q3778643Blacksod Lighthouse Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- English: Blacksod lighthouse
- English: Fód Dubh
- French: Phare de Blacksod
- French: phare de Blacksod
- Irish: Fód Dubh
- Italian: Faro di Blacksod
- Scottish Gaelic: Fòd Dubh
Landmarks in the Area
- Winkle pondRuins, 120 metres northwest
- Blacksod Bay Emigration Memorial GardenPark, 150 metres northwest
- Termon Hill Signal StationRuins, 2½ km west
- Termon HillPeak, 2½ km west
- St. Deirbhile's Old Church GraveyardCemetery, 3 km west
Places in the Area
- The podCoffeehouse
- Blacksod Helicopter Landing BaseHelipad
- Blacksod PierBreakwater, 110 metres north
- Wild Atlantic Way110 metres northwest
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Blacksod Lighthouse. Photo: James Emmans, CC BY-SA 2.0.