Loop Head lighthouse

Ham radio operators in tune with the Wild Atlantic Way at Loop Head

*Limerick Clare Amateur Radio Club members Derek and Alan operating in Loop Head Lighthouse using voice communication as part of the 26th annual International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend (ILLW). Photo Limerick Clare Amateur Radio Club. A group of amateur radio operators from across the Mid-West Region will mark the 170th anniversary of Loop Head Lighthouse this weekend.

Tourism representatives explore Clare projects serving as rural economic engines

Pictured is the Great Lighthouses of Ireland delegation at Loop Head Peninsula in County Clare, joined by Irish Lights Chief Executive Yvonne Shields O’Connor and Clare County Council Chief Executive Pat Dowling. OVER FORTY tourism representatives have travelled to Clare to explore projects in the field which have served as engines of economic and social …

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Loop Head Lighthouse Visitor Experience back in action following €1.2m investment

*Pictured at the official opening of Loop Head Lighthouse Visitor Experience in Kilbaha South were (l-r): Kitty Garvey, whose late husband Brendan was the Loop Head’s final lightkeeper before the lighthouse was automated by the Commissioner of Irish Lights (CIL) in 1991; Cllr Tony O’Brien, Cathaoirleach, Clare County Council; Leonard Cleary, Director of Rural Development, …

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