Episode 201
Episode 201 Great Lighthouses of Ireland
Starting at the Fastnet off the Co. Cork coast, one of the world’s finest lighthouses, James Morrissey, author of ‘A History of the Fastnet lighthouse’, explains how this engineering masterpiece was built. William Douglass designed the lighthouse, made from more than 2,000 individually carved, interlocking granite blocks which continue to withstand the most ferocious Atlantic storms today.
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Great Lighthouses of Ireland
Season 2 shares compelling stories of lightships, storms, and shipwrecks, the raw power of waves and the revolutionary transatlantic cable; and recounts the role of the Irish Lights in times of war. Examining the story of lighthouses and their continued importance, the series highlights the engineering, history, science, and the people behind these extraordinary structures.
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