The Great Lighthouses of Ireland: Beacons at the edge of the world
The two peaks of the Fastnet Rock. (Andrew Collins)
Documentary maker David Hare was sitting at an original mahogany desk in his home office and looking out on the Atlantic when he was struck by what he thought at the time to be a “very unoriginal idea”.
The desk, which he bought at auction, had once belonged to the Commissioners of Irish Lights. He had found a slip from its financial controller, a key that didn’t fit any of the desk’s locks, and a couple of copper coins in its top drawer.
