page_title: Poolbeg
section_title: Poolbeg Chimneys
hierarchical_section_title: Poolbeg / Overview / Poolbeg Chimneys
caption_attribution_description: English: South Bull, Poolbeg, Dublin. Ireland The South Bull Wall ( another word for strand, or sandbank) was constructed in the 1753 (after a particularly bad winter), to protect shipping coming into Dublin. as the bay was famously wild, silted, and difficult to cross. The Poolbeg Lighthouse at the end of the Bull Wall was lit for the first time on 29 September 1767. It replaced a floating light that had been placed at the end of the wall to warn ships.
context_page_description: Poolbeg is a peninsula extending from Ringsend, Dublin, into Dublin Bay.
context_section_description: The thermal station chimneys at Poolbeg Generating Station are among the tallest structures in Ireland and are visible from most of Dublin city. Number 1 chimney is 207.48m (680 ft 9in) high, while Number 2 chimney is 207.8m (681 ft 9in) high. The chimneys are featured prominently in the video for the song "Pride (In The Name Of Love)" by U2. Dublin City Councillor and historian Dermot Lacey began a process to list the chimneys for preservation to safeguard their future after the Station was to close in 2010. This was later refused by the Council Planning Department.
   They were subsequently listed as protected structures in July 2014.
caption: Great South Wall
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