page_title: Old Parish
section_title: Mine Head Lighthouse
hierarchical_section_title: Old Parish / Coast of An Sean Phobal / Mine Head Lighthouse
caption_attribution_description: English: Lighthouse on minehead
context_page_description: Old Parish is a village in west County Waterford, Ireland. It is part of the Ghaeltacht in Waterford Gaeltacht na nDéise.
context_section_description: The red sandstone lighthouse at Mine Head, was built in the mid 1800s. George Halpin Senior designed the major light of Mine Head. The red sandstone structure sitting on top of the steep cliffs of An Sean Phobal is higher above sea-level (88 m, 290 ft.) than any other Irish lighthouse.
  Local merchants and mariners from Youghal and Cork pressured the Ballast Board to begin a lighthouse tower on Capel Island off Youghal. This building was begun even though George Halpin felt the best place for a light was on Mine Head. The work was well under way when the local people changed their mind and decided that the light should be at Mine Head after all. After much debate, including input from Trinity House and the Admiralty, it was decided to abandon the site on Capel Island and build on Mine Head.
  The light was established on 1 June 1851, the same day as Ballycotton lighthouse.
  Mine Head has a 22 m (72 ft.) white tower with a black band. It was converted to electricity in Sept. 1964. The beacon flashes white and red every 2.5 sec. and has a nominal range of 52 km (28 nautical miles) since it sits so high above sea-level. Today the Commissioner of Irish Lights operates the lighthouse, which is not open to the public and is not accessible.
caption: Minehead Lighthouse
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