The Baltimore Beacon stands atop the cliffs overlooking the Atlantic Ocean as our boat to Cape Clear sails past.
| Aperture | ƒ/10 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/250s |
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Focal length | 105mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/400s |
Baltimore Beacon, Co Cork. Ireland. March 2015.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Focal length | 17mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/125s |
The Baltimore Beacon, Co Cork. August 2013.
| Aperture | ƒ/9 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Focal length | 60mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/250s |
Next to the Baltimore Beacon in Co Cork. March 2015.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Focal length | 105mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/800s |
The Baltimore Beacon, Co Cork.
| Aperture | ƒ/11 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/250s |
The Baltimore Beacon, Cork, Ireland. August 2013.
| Aperture | ƒ/10 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Focal length | 28mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/200s |
On the boat to Sherkin Island. August 2013.
| Aperture | ƒ/11 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Focal length | 35mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/250s |
Known locally as “The Abbey”, this ruin was a Franciscan friary that operated from the 1400s to 1796 when the last friar died. In the background you can see the Baltimore Beacon.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Focal length | 40mm |
| ISO | 250 |
| Shutter speed | 1/250s |
The Baltimore Beacon was the scene of a terrible tragedy on Tuesday when three people lost their lives in the sea there.
It emerged yesterday that the four-strong party — the other being Mr Ryan’s teenage daughter, Charlotte Davis Ryan — may have been fishing rather than walking when tragedy struck.
It is understood that Ms O’Connor may have been knocked into the water first by a wave, and Mr Davis Ryan went to save her.
It is understood that Mr Ryan asked then his daughter to raise the alarm, and that conscious of the lack of mobile phone signal in the area, she ran up the hill towards the Beacon, quickly borrowed a phone from some tourists and made the call. Valentia Coast Guard confirmed yesterday that the emergency call was made from a foreign mobile number.
By then, Mr Ryan had entered the water in an attempt to rescue his son and his girlfriend. The time between the emergency call being received at 6.36pm and the lifeboats arriving at the scene at 6.50pm and taking Mr Ryan and Ms O’Connor from the water was described as “seriously fast” by Valentia Coast Guard.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Focal length | 17mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/160s |
On our way back to Baltimore after a nice visit to Cape Clear Island the ferry passed by the Baltimnore Beacon.
I heard that the Beacon had been built by the father of a man who perished on the cliffs where it’s built but it’s origin is rather more mundane. The British Government ordered it built in the mid 1900’s. However I did know it was known as “Lott’s Wife” or the “Pillar of Salt” locally.
More on Wikipedia here and here. Casey’s also have an informative page.
A view of the main road on Cape Clear Island, a small island off the coast of west Cork. I’ve walked this road many times but never noticed that you can see the Baltimore Beacon from here until I took this photo…
| Aperture | ƒ/7.1 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
| Focal length | 200mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/200s |