The story begins at Hook Head, a treacherous peninsula known locally as “the graveyard of a thousand ships” and then moves on to Eagle Island, an island notorious for its lethal weather conditions.
Often working in hostile and treacherous natural locations, Ireland's lighthouse engineers and builders used great ingenuity to achieve what seemed impossible.
Across both World Wars, lighthouse keepers acted as unofficial coastguards, keeping detailed logs of their observations and saving shipwrecked sailors.
A look at the future of lighthouses in the age of electronic and GPS navigation, and a former lighthouse keeper makes a poignant return to the Skelligs lighthouse.
More stories about the lighthouses around the nation, beginning with James Morrissey exploring the history of the one at Fastnet off the coast of Co Cork.
A look at Kish Bank lighthouse, which marks a shallow and dangerous sandbank off the coast of Dublin and was an astounding feat of 20th-century engineering
Episode 3 looks at the constantly evolving lighthouse technology featuring Cromwell Point lighthouse, Valentia Island, Kerry.
Ever since they appeared on the Irish coast, lighthouses have been a source of fascination and inspiration for photographers and painters. Photographer Peter Cox shares some of his spectacular lighthouse photographs and explains his fascination with lighthouses, including the Skelligs lighthouse.
