You never know what little historical gems you will find online! That's what I thought when I came across a brief reference to Howth lighthouse when searching recently on Gallica, the digital library of the French National Library.
I was surprised to find an entry in the Journal de Paris, Bulletin de Commerce from 2 July 1818 which spoke about a new lighthouse in Howth that will be lit up for the first time. Howth is a fishing village in north County Dublin, about 16 km from Dublin city in Ireland.
Entry in Journal de Paris, Bulletin de Commerce, 2 July 1818. Source
My English translation of the entry.
As you can see from the photograph below, the lighthouse is a very impressive looking solid granite building. It was built in 1817. You can read a small bit about its history here on the Archiseek webiste. It sits at the end of the pier and is still in use today. However, in recent years, another lighthouse was built on an extension to the harbour wall and sadly, I think that it has taken precedence over the older lighthouse for navigation purposes.
Howth harbour lighthouse.
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