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Fanad Head Peninsula, County Donegal, Ireland
Fanad Lighthouse is a personal favourite location of mine to visit. Overlooking the vast Inishowen peninsula in the distance and surrounded with ancient jagged volcanic rocks, sometimes I wonder if its founding builders chose this exact spot due to precise calculations or was it truly because they were enchanted and captivated by their surroundings. This has to be the most picturesque lighthouse in Ireland and beyond….
Fanad Head Lighthouse was conceived as essential to seafarers following a shipwreck which happened over 200 years ago. In December 1811 the frigate ‘Saldanha’ sought shelter from a storm. Sailing towards Fanad as she frantically fought the raging wind and waves. Sadly, the ship was wrecked off the northern coast with all 250+ men on board.
Shortly afterwards Fanad Head Lighthouse was built to help guide ships and sailors safely on their journeys. Still in operation to this day, standing on a rocky outcrop on north Donegal’s Wild Atlantic Way, blinking its guiding light out to sea to aid ships past its inviting yet deceiving rocky waters 
