Situated in a disused church in Dun Laoghoire, County Dublin, and packed with maritime artefacts....
Below is the Optic Lense from the Baily Lighthouse, Howth Head. It was removed in 1997 when the lighthouse became fully automated - the last one in Ireland. It still rotates on its bed of Mercury.
An early Radio Direction Finder (RDF) Aerial
One of the first Decca Radar's
An early Engine Room Telegraph
This is the Optic Rotation Machine from Greenore Lighthouse, Co. Louth. This mechanism rotated the lense to give the lighthouse its characteristic flashing sequence between 1845 and 1955.
Some of the very first outboard motors, from 1910
A very early Kelvin Diesel engine
CCTV image from Warrenpoint Pontoon, May 2013
A Blue Whale vertebra...
1912 Lloyd's Register of the sinking of the Titanic
Lighbulb from the Titanic - taken before she sailed...
A U-Boat Radio Telephone...
Looking down from the far balcony along the body of the museum....
The last lightbulb to be used on the Fastnet Lighthouse, before it was fully automated
The gunboat, 'Helga', used by the British to shell Liberty Hall during the Easter Rising, Dublin, 1916 - one of many ship models in this fantastic museum.
What a FANTASTIC place to visit - the crew of ZIG ZAG were bowled over ....and the museum is manned by fantastic, knowledgeable, friendly staff who were absolute mines of information - WELL WORTH A VISIT.
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