Straw Island Lighthouse

Straw Island Lighthouse

Straw Island is one of four principal lighthouses in the Aran Islands 10km 6miles Eeragh G a l w a y B a y A R A N I S L A N D S Inishmore Straw Island Inisheer
Location	Aran Islands, Ireland
Coordinates	53°07′04″N 9°37′51″W / 53.1179°N 9.6308°W / 53.1179; -9.6308
Tower
Constructed	1878
Automated	1926
Height	11 metres (36 ft)
Operator	Commissioners of Irish Lights
Heritage	National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Light
First lit	1878
Focal height	11 metres (36 ft)
Range	15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi)
Characteristic	Fl(2) W 5s

Straw Island Lighthouse is an active aid to navigation on an islet of the same name (Irish: Oileán an Tuí) in Killeany Bay, northeast of Inishmore in County Galway, Ireland. Completed in 1878, it was the last of four lighthouses built in the 19th century on the Aran Islands. The commissioning of Straw Island marked the culmination of a lengthy 24 year campaign by the local islanders to have a lighthouse for safe passage into Killeany Bay and the harbour at Kilronan.