Club Outing – South Wall

The construction of the Great South Wall started back in 1716. The wall, which was then known as ‘The Piles’, was completed around 1729.

It was regarded as a considerable engineering achievement at the time and, when the Great South Wall was first built, it was an impressive 3 miles long.

It was, at the time, the world’s longest sea wall. The now-iconic Poolbeg Lighthouse was built in 1768 and initially operated on candlepower.

According to multiple sourcesmultiple sources, it was the first lighthouse in the world to do so. It later changed to oil (in 1786) and the lighthouse was redesigned and rebuilt again in 1820.
The Forecast is for cloudy conditions and 13 Deg. It may be windy, so wrap up well.

We will re-assess the Outing on Friday evening, based on the weather forecast.

We will meet at the Great South Wall Parking location, at the beginning of the Wall, at 1500hrs. Sunset is at 16.23.

For more details contact outings@offshoot.ie.

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