Slyne Head Lighthouse

{{Short description|Lighthouse in Ireland}}

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| name = Slyne Head Lighthouse

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| location = County Galway, Ireland

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| coordinates = {{coord|53|24|00.2|N|10|14|01.6|W|display=inline,title}}

| yearbuilt = 1836

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| construction = limestone tower

| shape = cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern

| marking = black tower

| height = {{convert|24|m|ft}}

| focalheight = {{convert|35|m|ft}}

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| range = {{convert|19|nmi}}

| characteristic = Fl (2)W 15s

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| country = Ireland

| countrynumber = CIL-1990[http://www.cil.ie/tourism/our-lighthouses/slyne-head.aspx Slyne Head Lighthouse] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208043809/http://www.cil.ie/tourism/our-lighthouses/slyne-head.aspx |date=8 December 2014 }} Commissioners of the Irish Lights{{Cite rowlett|irlw|access-date=30 October 2015}}

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Slyne Head Lighthouse (Irish: Ceann Léime) is located at the westernmost point of County Galway, about {{convert|12|km|mi|0}} southwest of Dunloughan, Ireland on the island of Illaunamid. It is maintained by Commissioners of Irish Lights (CIL). There were two lighthouses on this point built in 1836, but only the western one remains active.{{Cite web |last=Pelly |first=Frank |url=http://commissionersofirishlights.com/cil/publications/beam-magazines/volume-33/william-douglass---designer-of-fastnet-lighthouse.aspx |title=William Douglass – Designer of Fastnet Lighthouse |work=Beam 33 |publisher=Commissioners of Irish Lights |access-date=22 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813213927/http://commissionersofirishlights.com/cil/publications/beam-magazines/volume-33/william-douglass---designer-of-fastnet-lighthouse.aspx |archive-date=13 August 2011 |url-status=live}}

Image:Slyne Head Lighthouse, Co Galway, Ireland.jpg