DONAGHADEE LIGHTHOUSE, DONAGHADEE, ARDS, CO DOWN, N IRELAND.
DONAGHADEE LIGHTHOUSE IS SITUATED ON THE ARDS PENINSULA, APPROXIMATELY SEVEN MILES NORTH EAST OF NEWTOWNARDS, ON THE IRISH SEA COAST.
THE IMPRESSIVE LIGHTHOUSE, WHICH WAS BUILT IN 1836.THE TOWER IS BUILT OF CUT LIMESTONE, FLUTED, AND IN ITS EARLY DAYS WAS UNPAINTED IN NATURAL GREY COLOUR. THE TOWER, INCLUDING THE LANTERN AND DOME, IS NOW PAINTED WHITE WITH A BLACK PLINTH SINCE SOME TIME 1869 AND 1875. 
AND WAS THE FIRST LIGHTHOUSE IN IRELAND TO BE LIT BY ELECTRICITY
CONVERSION TO AN UNWATCHED ELECTRIC LIGHTHOUSE WAS MADE IN 1934 AND THIS MADE DONAGHADEE LIGHTHOUSE THE FIRST IRISH LIGHTHOUSE TO BE CONVERTED TO ELECTRIC, WITH CHAINE TOWER FURTHER NORTH IN LARNE FOLLOWING THE NEXT YEAR.

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