Loop Head
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Loop Head Lighthouse operated by the Commissioners of Irish Lights
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 Loop Head Lighthouse
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| Location | Loop Head |
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| Year first constructed | 1854 |
| Automated | 1991 |
| Construction | masonry |
| Tower shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
| Markings / pattern | white painted |
| Height | 23 metres (75 ft) |
| Focal height | 84 metres (276 ft) |
| Current lens | 1st order Fresnel lens |
| Range | 23 nautical miles |
| Characteristic | Fl (4) W 20s |
| Admiralty number | A6338 |
| NGA number | 7528 |
| ARLHS number | IRE-050 |
| Ireland number | CIL-2130[1] [2] |
Loop Head (Irish: Ceann Léime, meaning "leap head"),[3][4][5] is a headland on the north side of the mouth of the River Shannon, in County Clare in the west of Ireland.
Loop Head is marked by a prominent lighthouse. The opposite headland on the south side of the Shannon is Kerry Head. The Shannon Foynes Port Company controls navigation in the Shannon estuary and river.[6]
Loop Head peninsula, has the Atlantic Ocean on one side and the Shannon Estuary on the other, with barely a mile of land saving it from island status.
In 2010, the Loop Head peninsula was awarded a European Destinations of Excellence Award, which is an EU accolade for emerging tourism destinations which are developing in a responsible and sustainable manner.[7] In 2013, Loop Head was named the “Best Place to Holiday in Ireland” by The Irish Times.[8]
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- ↑ Loop Head Lighthouse Commissioners of Irish Lighthouses
- ↑ Lighthouses Directory
- ↑ Ceann Léime, Irish Placenames Database. Retrieved: 2010-08-13.
- ↑ Parish of Kilballyowen (b), Ordnance Survey Letters by John O'Donovan and Eugene Curry, 1839. Clare County Library. Retrieved: 2010-08-13
- ↑ Clare Topography, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland by Samuel Lewis, 1837. LibraryIreland.com. Retrieved: 2010-08-13
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- ↑ Proposed suspension bridge would link Bishop's Island with Clare coast
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