placenamesCorkbeg
Corcaigh Bheag
Lewis described a fixed light that looked different from the harbour and from the sea.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Corcaigh Bheag · Irish · main form · validated name
- Corkbeg · English · main form
Place & story
Roche’s tower lighthouse
Samuel Lewis placed Roche’s tower lighthouse within Corkbeg parish, on the eastern side of Cork Harbour’s entrance. His 1837 account says it had been rebuilt in 1835 on the site of an older castle. Ten lamps produced a steady fixed light, with the lantern 139 feet above high water. Viewed from the harbour and Cove, the light appeared bright; from the sea it appeared deep red. These details describe the lighthouse’s nineteenth-century arrangement, rather than its present equipment or a current navigation aid. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Corkbeg. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Corkbeg, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.